The revised Fourth Edition of Intrapartum Management Modules contains 19 modules that guide the reader from assessment of the pregnant woman and her fetus, through labor and delivery, to postpartum evaluation and care. Each module is carefully developed to enhance self-paced learning and skills attainment, perfect for competence validation and orientation.

The text illustrates the essentials of intrapartum care. Step-by-step "How to's" (Skill Units) guide the nurse from fetal monitoring to management of high risk situations.

This edition has new modules on cultural competence and OB Emergencies, including hemorrhage and Caesarian delivery "on demand".

It has new content on legal accountability, maternal and newborn transport, electronic fetal monitoring, and domestic violence assessment.

Contents

1. Overview of Labor
2. Maternal and Fetal Response to Labor
3. Admission Assessment of the Laboring Woman
4. Admission Assessment of the Fetus
5. Caring for the Laboring Woman
6. Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
7. Induction and Augmentation of Labor
8. Caring for the Woman at Risk for Preterm Labor or Premature Rupture of Membranes
9. Caring for the Laboring Woman with Hypertensive Disorders Complicating Pregnancy
10. Caring for the Laboring Woman with HIV Infection or AIDS
11. Hepatitis B Infection: Maternal-Newborn Management
12. Caring for the Pregnant Woman with Diabetes
13. Delivery in the Absence of a Primary Care Provider
14. Assessment of the Newborn and Newly Delivered Mother
15. Informed Consent and Documentation
16. Maternal Transport
17. Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy
18. Intrapartum Emergencies
19. Care of the Woman

Appendices

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Treatment of Diabetes during Pregnancy and Review of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• To Comfort Always: Care of the Dying Newborn
• Guidelines for Implementing a Perinatal Education Program
• Group B Streptococcus Infections in Pregnancy
• Caring for the Woman with Special Concerns

Index

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