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Maternity and Women's Health Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition

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By Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Kitty Cashion, RN, BC, MSN, Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, FAAN, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC and Ellen Olshansky, PhD, RN, WHNP-E, FAAN
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New to this edition
  • NEW! Enhanced focus on prioritization of care in clinical reasoning case studies and nursing care plans is consistent with NCLEX® updates.
  • NEW! Recognition of the importance of interprofessional care covers the roles of the various members of the interprofessional healthcare team.
  • UPDATED! Content on many high-risk conditions updated to reflect newly published guidelines.
  • NEW! Information about the Zika virus gives you the most current practice guidelines to help you provide quality care.
  • NEW! Coverage of future trends in contraception help increase your awareness of developing ideas in pregnancy prevention.
  • Content on gestational diabetes and breast cancer screening cover newly published guidelines.
  • NEW! Added content on human trafficking provides you with examples and ideas on how to counsel victims and their families.

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By Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Kitty Cashion, RN, BC, MSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA; Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Ellen Olshansky, PhD, RN, WHNP-E, FAAN, Professor Emerita,Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing and Founding Director,Program in Nursing Science,University of California Irvine,Irvine, California