Nurse-Midwifery Handbook: A Practical Guide to Prenatal and Postpartum Care

This how-to-do-it handbook is for those who provide prenatal and postpartum care to low-risk women. Emphasizing hands-on care, the book includes coverage of history taking, physical exam, laboratory tests, health education, how to conduct an initial and a return prenatal visit, postpartum period and family planning. Focus is placed on physical and psychosocial well-being and health promotion. Special features include: Healthy Pregnancy Questions for differentiating between common discomforts and potential complications; Key Moments tables that summarize essential information for key gestational ages; and History Taking forms.