International Nurses' and Midwives' Handbook - E-Book
by Annesha Archyangelio
Maternal Child Nursing Care - E-Book
by Shannon E Perry, Marilyn J Hockenberry, David Wilson, Mary Catherine Cashion, Kathy Rhodes Alden, Cheryl C Rodgers, Ellen Olshansky, and Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Transcultural Midwifery Practice -Elsevier E-Book on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card): Concepts, Care and Challenges
by Esegbona-Adeigbe
Study Guide for Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing - E-Book
by Sharon Smith Murray and Emily Slone McKinney
Women's Health and Wellness
An informative look at how the foods we feed our children can shape the course of their growth, development and behaviour.
This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review and critique of the scientific evidence concerning the prevalence, nature and potential effects of food advertising and other forms of marketing on children. There is growing international concern about the prevalence of childhood obesity and associated health problems. Poor quality diet and nutrition has been blamed. The food and soft drinks industries have been targeted in this context for their promotions of foods and drinks that are h...
This work provides an introduction to psychology of childbearing, its relevance and application to practice. The book examines psychological theories related to theory, such as self, self-concept, self-image, attitude and perception of control. It includes psychological changes during childbearing, psychological preparation for parenthood and stress related to childbearing, and psychology of pain and the impact of birth. Also featured is neonatal perceptions, abilities and theories of bonding/in...
Evidence-based care is a well established principle in contemporary healthcare and a world wide health care movement. However, despite the emphasis on promoting evidence-based or effective care without the unnecessary use of technologies and drugs, intervention rates in childbirth are rising rapidly. Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth brings to light much of the evidence around what works best for normal birth which has, until now, remained largely hidden and ignored by maternity c...
This book focuses on the prevention of child abuse and neglect deaths in the U.S. In 2013 1,520 children died from maltreatment. This book defines child maltreatment fatalities (CMFs) and discusses the prevalence of deaths in the U.S. over the last several decades. It addresses the known risk factors for maltreatment deaths including child, parent, the parent-child relationship, and household risk factors. The main focus of the book addresses the responses and interventions that have been put in...
The Well-Being of America's Children (Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research, #6)
In 1998, the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) provided Kenneth Land a grant to explore the feasibility of producing the first national composite index of the status of American children that would chart changes in their well-being over time. Important questions needed to be answered: was it possible to trace trends in child and youth well-being over several decades? Could such an index provide a way of determining whether the United States was making progress in improving its children’s l...
Antenatal E-Book (Midwifery Essentials, #2)
by Helen Baston and Jennifer Hall
A nurse-midwife takes readers behind the exam room door in this “utterly true and lyrical” memoir (Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean) As a nurse-midwife and the manager of a women’s health clinic in West Virginia, Patricia “Patsy” Harman bears witness to the struggles and triumphs of every woman who walks through her exam room door. She sees Heather, a teenager pregnant with twins, through the loss of both babies and their father. She cares for Nila—a longtime patient who...
Family practitioners and practice nurses are often well placed to offer good contraceptive advice because they already know the patient's health and circumstances. The latest edition of this best-selling pocketbook summarizes the new methods, and the developments in the methods already available, and the various factors to be considered in using them.