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Varney's Midwifery Study Question Book

Author(s): Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH, University of Maryland, Maryland
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763716417
  • ISBN-10:0763716413
  • Paperback    264 pages      © 2002
Price: International Sales $76.95 US List
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Overview

Created as a companion study guide and learning tool for the third edition of America's first midwifery textbook, Varney's Midwifery Study Question Book will assist students as they prepare for the American College of Nurse-Midwives Certification Council (ACC) exam. For each chapter, comprehensive study outlines help to guide and focus the student in all aspects of midwifery, including primary care, antepartal care, intrapartal care, care of the newborn, and postpartal care. 

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Questions are designed to test different levels of the midwifery management process.
Answer keys include page numbers from Varney's Midwifery and Varney's Pocket Midwife for quick reference.
Self-assessment capabilities pinpoint areas of weakness in preparing for midwifery exams, including the ACC exam.
Two comprehensive practice tests are provided to prepare students for an actual exam.

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ShowTable of Contents

PART I. MIDWIFERY

Chapter 1. History of Midwifery and Professional Issues

PART II. PRIMARY CARE

Chapter 2. Gynecologic and Primary Care of Women
Chapter 3. Methods of Contraception
Chapter 4. Care of the Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Woman
Chapter 5. Care of the HIV-Infected Woman and Other Special Primary Care Circumstances

PART III. ANTEPARTAL CARE

Chapter 6. The Normal Antepartum
Chapter 7. Obstetrical Abdominal Exam and Clinical Pelvimetry
Chapter 8. Nutrition and Exercise in Pregnancy
Chapter 9. Fetal Assessment
Chapter 10. Antepartal Complications

PART IV. INTRAPARTAL CARE

Chapter 11. False and Early Labor and the Normal First Stage of Labor
Chapter 12. The Normal Second Stage of Labor
Chapter 13. Complications of the First and Second Stages of Labor
Chapter 14. The Normal Third and Fourth Stages of Labor
Chapter 15. Complications of the Third and Fourth Stages of Labor

PART V. CARE OF THE NEWBORN

Chapter 16. Transition of the Fetus to Extrauterine Life
Chapter 17. The Healthy Newborn
Chapter 18. Neonatal Resuscitation
Chapter 19. Newborn Examination
Chapter 20. The Sick Newborn
Chapter 21. Primary Care of the Newborn

PART VI. POSTPARTAL CARE

Chapter 22. The Normal Peurperium
Chapter 23. Complications of the Peurperium

PART VII

Chapter 24. Comprehensive Practice Test


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Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH-University of Maryland, Maryland

Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH is a Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland Medical School. She received her Master of Public Health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health in 1997. In May 2000, she earned her MSN from Yale University's School of Nursing where she studied under Helen Varney in the Nurse-Midwifery Specialty.

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