Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery

With today's technologic advances and the help of knowledgeable nurses, women have a better chance of having a positive outcome of even a high risk pregnancy and delivery than ever before. Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery, 4th Edition provides the user with comprehensive information in a concise, accessible format. The book presents various problems in a consistent format that includes incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management with protocols for nurse practitioners. It also addresses collaborative problems and desired outcomes.Includes current AWHONN Standards of Practice.Current information on domestic violence and multiple gestation, including nutritional needs and preterm management.Features comprehensive coverage of substance abuse and STIs, including implications for both mother and newborn.Incorporates home care pregnancy and delivery throughout.Covers the advance practice nurse's role in implementing careDiscusses trauma during pregnancy and provides guidelines of care for emergency, critical care, and medical-surgical staff.Thoroughly updated chapters include the most current evidence-based practice guidelines.Includes the latest research on the etiology and treatment of preeclampsia.Expanded emphasis on antiphospholipid syndrome and other autoimmune diseases.