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Labor and Delivery Care
By: Wayne R. Cohen , Emanuel A. A. FriedmaneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley
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Labor and Delivery Care: A Practical Guide supports and reinforces the acquisition of the practical obstetric skills needed for aiding a successful birth.
Beginning with the most important element of successful labor care, communicating with the patient, the authors guide you through normal delivery routines and examination techniques. They then address the best approaches to the full range of challenges that can arise during labor and delivery. Throughout, the 15 chapters provide concise practical guidance with: algorithmic decision trees clinical management tips detailed drawings
Labor and Delivery Care: A Practical Guide provides a thorough tour-de-force of the practical obstetric skills needed for best and safest practice based on clinical experience and evidence.
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| Title of eBook: Labor and Delivery Care | |
| Release Date: 09-29-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley |
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| Parent title | Labor and Delivery Care |
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| SKU | 9781119971535 |
| File size | 31582 |
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Labor and Delivery Care
Chapter One
Communicating Effectively With Your Patient
Human labor and birth are remarkable events, imbued with wonder and beauty. They are, nevertheless, prone occasionally to challenges, infirmity, and even tragedy. Caring for women during these experiences is a remarkable privilege, often exhilarating, but not without its perils and trials. To meet the demands of this task as a labor attendant—whether obstetrician, family practitioner, midwife, or labor room nurse—you must be equipped with the necessary clinical skills, judgment, empathy, and emotional insight to deal with all possible events and outcomes. While many of the physiologic aspects of the birth process are familiar and predictable, each woman will experience them in her own way.
A woman's emotional and physical response to her labor and delivery is conditioned by many factors. These include her cultural background, personality traits, religious beliefs, and other aspects of her personal psychosocial context and history. You may have little ability to influence these factors, but it is important for you to understand them and to recognize how they influence the patient's expectations and coping mechanisms during times of stress. This insight should always inform the content and style of any communications you have with your patient.
Other influences on the parturient's ability to contend with labor are under more direct control. These relate to her physical and emotional comfort during the process of labor and birth. In that respect, the approach of the obstetric team is of great importance and can make the difference between an experience marked
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