Fast Facts for the L & D Nurse

Labor & Delivery Orientation in a Nutshell

Kathryn Giles Groll (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2012
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-0996-5 (ISBN)

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Nurses who are new to the labour and delivery (L&D) environment will welcome this succinct, easy-to-use reference orientation guide for everyday labour and birth management practices. Novices will no longer have to question co-workers and superiors during emergent situations because this reference will provide the answers they need in a format they want! It is designed for speedy access to fundamental information about the most common practices in the L&D unit and encourages the development of independence and confidence for new RNs orienting to this practice environment.

This well-formatted reference covers the more commonly occurring L&D situations, terminology, equipment, labs, medications, complications, and algorithms to help foster critical thinking and establish a concrete obstetric knowledge base. A wealth of clearly rendered illustrations are included to aid learning. The book also provides space for nurses to enter personal notes and protocol observed in their particular hospital.

Key Features:

Provides an easy-access reference to everyday labour and birth management practices
Includes common obstetrical abbreviations, terminology, equipment needed, labs, and algorithms
Highlights potential complications in red to indicate emergent topic
Integrates multiple illustrations to enhance learning
Answers basic questions so new nurses can pursue higher-level learning

NOTE: This title is not for sale in the UK

Kathryn 'Cassie' Giles Groll, DNP, CNM, is a doctorally prepared certified nurse midwife who is part of a full scope Ob/Gyn private practice in NJ. She earned her Masters in Nursing and Doctorate degree from UMDNJ. Dr. Groll is licensed in both NJ and NY as a Certified Nurse Midwife with Prescriptive Authority and as an Ob/Gyn Nurse Practitioner in the state of NY. She has worked as a midwife since 2006 and clinically as an RN in Obstetrics in a variety of capacities, including Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics at Columbia University, NY and High Risk Women's Health Float Pool at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, NYC. Dr. Groll is a member of American College of Nurse Midwives, the Medical History Society of NJ, and STTI Honor Society of Nursing. She has served as an advocate for sexual assault victims in Somerset, NJ.

Part One General Orientation and Labor and Delivery Overview:

Amniotic Fluid
Antepartum Care
Apgar Score
Bishop's Score
Breastfeeding
Cervical Dilatation
Cesarean Delivery
Dating a Pregnancy Naegele's Rule
Drug Classifications
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Emergency Drugs
Gestational Diabetes
Fetal Demise
Fetal Kick Counts
Group B Streptococcal (GBS)
Labor Progression
Labs
Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4)
Montevideo Units
Multiple Gestation
Newborn
Pain Management
Pitocin
Rh Status and RhoGam
Surgical Instrument Identification
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC)
Vaginal Delivery

Part Two Procedures:

Amniotomy
Amnioinfusion
Biophysical Profile
External Cephalic Version
Fetal Fibronectin
Fetal Kick Counts
Fetal Scalp Sampling
Non-stress Test
Operative Vaginal Delivery

Part Three Emergencies:

Abruptio Placentae
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Bleeding in Pregnancy
Breech
Chorioamnionitis
Hypertension in Pregnancy

Preeclampsia
Eclampsia
HELLP Syndrome

Neonate Resuscitation
Placenta Abnormalities

Accrete
Previa
Vasa Previa

Postpartum Hemorrhage
Prematurity

Rupture of Membranes
Preterm Labor and Delivery
Tocolytics

Shoulder Dystocia
Umbilical Cord Prolapse

Appendices Abbreviations
Index
Phone numbers (emergency contact/provider contact information)
Notes

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Gewicht	258 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
ISBN-10	0-8261-0996-9 / 0826109969
ISBN-13	978-0-8261-0996-5 / 9780826109965
Zustand	Neuware