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Varney's Midwifery, Fourth Edition

Author(s): Helen Varney, CNM, MSN, MSN, FACNM, Yale University School of Nursing - Nurse Midwifery Program, New Haven, Connecticut
Jan M. Kriebs, CNM, MSN, FACNM, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland
Carolyn L. Gegor, CNM, MS, FACNM, Georgetown University, Washington, Washington D.C.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763718565
  • ISBN-10:0763718564
  • Hardcover    1386 pages      © 2004
Price: International Sales $159.95 US List
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Overview

2003 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner!

With over 400 pages of new content and skills chapters added, this unparalleled reference keeps today's midwives completely informed with the latest advances and research in midwifery.  Varney's Midwifery covers the provision of primary care to women from  puberty through senescence, including the maternity cycle and primary care of the well newborn.

It contains new chapters on nutrition in women's health, primary care and midwifery, pharmacology and midwifery, international midwifery and safe motherhood, cultural competence in midwifery practice, and common diagnoses in women's gynecological health. Four new skills chapters are also included.

ShowKey Features

Expanded content on Chronic Infectious Diseases, Complications of Gestational Age Assessment and Postdate Pregnancy, Fetal Assessment in Labor, and Infant Feeding.

New to this Edition!

New skills chapters that guide the midwife through endometrial biopsy, sterile water papules, hands and knees birth position hand maneuvers, and squatting or supported squat birth position hand maneuvers.

Completely revised chapters on Health Issues of Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Birth in the Home or Birth Center.

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Part I: Midwifery


1: The Profession and History of Midwifery in the United States
2: Basics of Management of Care


Part II: Primary Care of Women


3: Cultural Competence in Midwifery Practice
4: International Midwifery and Safe Motherhood
5: Health Maintenance
6: Nutrition in Women’s Health
7: Primary Care and Midwifery
8: Chronic Infectious Diseases
9: Women and Exercise
10: Pharmacology and Midwifery
11: Health Issues of Lesbian and Bisexual Women (Zeidenstein)
12: Substance Abuse
13: Health Care of Midlife and Aging Women


Part III: Reproductive Health Care


14: Common Diagnoses in Women’s Reproductive Health
15: Infections of the Genital Tract
16: Family Planning
17: Natural Methods of Family Planning
18: Non-Hormonal Contraceptive Methods
19: Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices
20: Hormonal Contraception


Part IV: Antepartal Care


21: Normal Pregnancy Data Base: Adaptations of the Mother, Development and Growth of the Embryo and the Fetus, and the Placenta
22: Management Plan for Normal Pregnancy
23: Fetal Assessment
24: Screening for and Collaborative Management of Antepartal Complications
25: Complications of Gestational Age Assessment and the Post Date Pregnancy
26: The Normal First Stage of Labor


Part V: Intrapartal Care


27: Fetal Assessment in Labor
28: The Normal Second Stage of Labor
29: Screening for and Collaborative Management of Selected Complications During the First and Second Stages of Labor
30: Management of Selected Obstetric Complications and Deviations from Normal
31: The Normal Third Stage of Labor
32: Third Stage Complications and Management
33: The Normal Fourth Stage of Labor
34: Management of Immediate Postpartum Hemorrhage
35: Birth in the Home and Birth Center (Bailes and Jackson)


Part VI: Newborn Care


36: Physiological Transition to Extrauterine Life
37: Immediate Care and Assessment of the Healthy Newborn
38: Resuscitation at Birth
39: Examination of the Newborn
40: Primary Care of the Newborn: the First 6 Weeks
41: Recognition and Immediate Care of Sick Newborns

 

Part VII: Postpartal Care


42: The Normal Puerperium
43: Infant Feeding Methods
44: Screening for and Midwifery Management of Puerperal Abnormality


Part VIII: Skills


45: Universal Precautions
46: Finger Puncture
47: Venipuncture
48: Inserting an Intravenous Catheter
49: Giving Intravenous Medications
50: Spin-Down Hematocrit
51: Removal of Norplant
52: Breast Examination
53: Obstetric Abdominal Examination
54: Checking for Costovertebral Angle Tenderness (CVAT)
55: Checking for Deep Tendon Reflexes and Clonus
56: Pelvic Examination
57: Obtaining a Specimen for Papanicolaou (Pap) Diagnostic Evaluation
58: Obtaining a Specimen for Gonococcal (GC) and Chlamydia Diagnostic Testing
59: Making a Wet Smear Slide of Vaginal Secretions
60: Using a Microscope
61: Anatomy of the Pelvis, Pelvis Types, Evaluation of the Bony Pelvis, and Clinical Pelvimetry
62: Breast Massage, Manual Expression, and Nipple Rolling
63: Injection of Intradermal Sterile Water Papules for Relief of Low Back Pain in Labor
64: Attaching a Fetal Scalp Electrode
65: Inserting an Intrauterine Pressure Catheter; Amnioinfusion
66: Perineal Prep (Cleaning)
67: Second Stage Pushing
68: Pudenal Block
69: Local Infiltration
70: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in Lithotomy or Modified Lithotomy Position
71: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in Dorsal Position
72: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in the Hands and Knees Position
73: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in the Squatting or Supported Squat Position
74: Inspection of the Placenta, Membrances, and Cord
75: Postbirth Inspection of the Cervix and Upper Vaginal Vault
76: Manual Removal of the Placenta
77: Fourth Stage Intrauterine Exploration
78: Bimanual Compression
79: Cutting an Episiotomy and Repairing Episiotomies and Lacerations
80: Physical Examination of the Newborn
81: Circumcision

82: Endometrial Biopsy


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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Helen Varney, CNM, MSN, MSN, FACNM-Yale University School of Nursing - Nurse Midwifery Program, New Haven, Connecticut

Jan M. Kriebs, CNM, MSN, FACNM-University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland

Jan Kriebs is director of the midwifery practice and assistant professor in the Department of OB/GYN at the University of Maryland Medical School. She is a graduate of the Yale University nurse-midwifery program, and has over 20 years experience in clinical practice. She participated in the USPHS Primary Care Policy Fellowship in 1997, and was elected to fellowship in the ACNM the same year. She is currently a regional representative on the ACNM Fellowship Board of Governors. As the co-author of Varney's Midwifery, Fourth Edition, and co-editor of the forthcoming primary care text for midwives, she remains committed to ensuring access to the highest quality care for all women, and the promotion of midwifery as the standard of women's health care.

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Carolyn L. Gegor, CNM, MS, FACNM-Georgetown University, Washington, Washington D.C.

Carolyn L. Gegor is currently teaching midwifery at Georgetown University. She established midwifery practices at both the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University to provide full scope care to women, to teach, and to participate in research. Ms. Gegor has lectured and published on midwifery, ultrasound, and professional liability. Her goal has always been to further the profession and philosophy of midwifery with respect for women and through the appropriate use of technology. Ms. Gegor has been active with ACNM in the areas of Clinical Practice and Professional Liability, and is a member of the ACNM Foundation Board of Directors.

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ShowReviews

  • "An excellent text for fundamentals in nurse-midwifery."

    —Susan Barry, CNM
    Director, Baylor Midwifery Education Program
    Baylor College of Medicine


    "Recommended as a fundamental teaching text in nursing programs that feature midwifery courses or specialty nursing concentrations. Recommended as an in-office reference for Nurse Practitioners and/or Internists who have significant female patient rosters. Absolutely imperative to all Health Science libraries as a general reference text representing the most up-to-date discussion of the study of midwifery."

    —John Aiello and The Electric Review
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