Book review: Foundations of maternal-newborn nursing
. 4th ed. by Sharon Smith Murray and Emily Slone Mckinney
ISBN: 139781416001416
* SPECIAL FEATURE: teenage pregnancy, pregnancy at older ages (primigravidas)
This book has proved as an ideal go to book for student nurses and especially midwives at Mpilo in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, looking for information on pregnancy,
maternal and new born nursing. Written in clear easy to understand language, it covers the usual topic of reproductive
anatomy, physiology conception, fetal development, nutrition, it also includes
fetal monitoring, pain management, procedures such as cesarean births.
Post natal care and reproductive health issues such family planning are also covered
especially in relation to special groups such as teenagers. Nursing process for these conditions is outlined
for various conditions and situations also presented making it an ideal source of information for
midwives looking up nursing processes in midwifery. The nursing process is the
accepted framework of client assessment and analysis of client needs. It is used
to plan and provide nursing care and evaluate clients response to care.- in the
book the nursing process is treated in the narrative form- were basic
information about the condition is presented and nursing care plans. Interventions are
general and explained by rationales. To make
it easier to transfer general information to care for specific clients, the
book also has nursing care plans based on various client situations often encountered
in maternity nursing.
*SPECIAL FEATURE: It includes a chapter on teenage pregnancy, pregnancy at older ages (primigravidas) including some statistics, nursing care plans, physical assessment and application of the nursing process for these groups.
This book is therefore very useful for note taking or as a starting point for research on teenage pregnancy and primigravidas pregnancy as well as other maternal and new born health related topics.
Patrons interested in
going through this book can see the circulation librarian, as this book is
located in our reserve section at the UZ Mpilo Library.
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