Publisher's Synopsis
Evidence-based Obstetric Nursing views pregnancy and birth as a normal life event that includes family members as a part of the health care team. It supports students to discover and apply new knowledge through the use of current evidence-based research. This text also provides a historical framework that illuminates the many opportunities for bedside nurses to positively impact patient outcomes in a changing healthcare environment.Evidence-based Obstetric Nursing is designed to promote critical thinking in nursing care for pregnant, laboring and postpartum women and adolescents. Nursing interventions are presented for normal pregnancy, birth, and postpartum periods, and then, complications and evidence-based treatment are presented for each phase.This text uses the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the World Health Organization, and Healthy People 2020 recommendations to guide nursing interventions. In addition, the Institute of Medicine and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies give context to the evidence-based interventions.The text also comes with a code in the front of each new book that unlocks instructor and student resources. There are 300 questions to test student learning and further experience with NCLEX-style questions.
