Maternal-Neonatal Nursing Made Incredibly Easy

Step into maternal-neonatal nursing with confidence and know-how, with the fully updated Maternal-Neonatal NursingMade Incredibly Easy!®, 4th Edition.   This friendly guide's colorful images and helpful learning aids offer the latest in nursing interventions for prenatal care basics, including high-risk pregnancy, family planning, contraception and infertility, labor and birth, and postpartum care, presented in the enjoyable Incredibly Easy style. Offering practice questions written in NCLEX® exam format, this is the ideal support for nursing students and new nurses preparing for certification and the everyday challenges of the maternal-neonatal unit.   Set a career-long high standard in maternal-neonatal nursing with: * NEW and fully updated content in a bulleted, easy-to-read format * NEW genetics content in conception and fetal development chapter * End-of-book "Practice Makes Perfect" practice exam that tests your knowledge and hones your test-taking skills * Full-color illustrations throughout that demonstrate vital concepts and interventions in areas such as: * Conception and fetal development * Complications of the postpartum period * High-risk neonatal conditions - causes, what to look for and what to do, including: antenatal and postnatal factors, impaired parenting, birthweight classifications and problems, cardiac screening, bacterial sepsis, viral infections, inborn metabolism errors, seizures, prematurity, respiratory problems and more * Family planning, contraception and infertility * Physiologic and psychosocial pregnancy changes - nausea and vomiting, amenorrhea, urinary frequency, fatigue, uterine enlargement, pregnancy tests, the effects of pregnancy on the major body systems, mother-image and father-image development, effects of cultural background and family influences, and more * Prenatal care * High-risk pregnancy * Labor and birth * Nursing interventions for labor and birth complications - emotional support, electronic monitoring, amniotic