Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth

A Practical Guide
Herausgeber: Avery, Melissa D

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth: A Practical Guide provides an overview of current evidence and a range of practical suggestions to promote physiologic birth within the United States healthcare system. Presenting the latest evidence available on practical approaches and minimal interventions, this book looks into clinic exam rooms and hospital labor units to investigate the possibilities for improving the pregnancy and labor experience. Contributors discuss recent research and other published information and present a range of ideas, tools, and solutions for maternity care clinicians, including midwives, nurses, physicians, and other members of the perinatal team. Key Features: * Reviews the normal physiologic changes of pregnancy, labor, and birth and discusses care strategies during pregnancy and labor to support normal birth * Includes focus on broader care and education systems and how maternity care providers can work together to provide seamless quality care and effect solutions and policy changes * Explores in-hospital and out-of-hospital care methods * Coverage includes physiology and supportive approach methods; interventions such as touch therapies, water immersion, and acupuncture; and organizational approaches, including the current status of policies and recommendations for change An invaluable resource, Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth is a must-have practical guide for those involved in all aspects of pregnancy and birth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780470962862
• ISBN-10: 0470962860
• Artikelnr.: 37182437

Autorenporträt

Melissa D. Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN is Professor, Chair of the Child and Family Health Cooperative Unit, and directs the midwifery program at the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing.  She is the past president of the American College of Nursing Midwives. Dr. Avery has authored numerous articles and is nationally known for her research in midwifery and women's health.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors ix
Foreword by Holly Powell Kennedy xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Section 1 Understanding a physiologic approach 1
1 The case for a physiologic approach to birth: an overview 3
Melissa D. Avery
2 The physiology of pregnancy, labor, and birth 13
Cindy M. Anderson
3 A supportive approach to prenatal care 29
Carrie E. Neerland
4 Supporting a physiologic approach to labor and birth 49
Lisa Kane Low and Rebeca Barroso
Section 2 Interventions and approaches 77
5 Promoting comfort: a conceptual approach 79
Kerri D. Schuiling
6 Continuous labor support 91
Carrie E. Neerland
7 Techniques to promote relaxation in labor 105
Kathryn Leggitt
8 Touch therapies in pregnancy and childbirth 119
Deborah Ringdahl
9 Water immersion for labor and birth 157
Michelle R. Collins and Dawn M. Dahlgren-Roemmich
10 Aromatherapy in pregnancy and childbirth 173
Linda L. Halcón
11 Acupressure and acupuncture in pregnancy and childbirth 197
Katie Moriarty and Kennedy Sharp
Section 3 organizational approaches to supporting physiologic pregnancy and
birth 227
12 Rethinking care on the hospital labor unit 229
Emily Higdon, Rachel Woodard, Kristin Rood and Heidi Jean Bernard
13 Out-of-hospital birth 251
Marsha E. Jackson and Alice Bailes
14 Educating health professionals for collaborative practice in support of
normal birth 275
Melissa D. Avery, John C. Jennings and Michelle L. O'Brien
15 Women's health and maternity care policies: Current status and
recommendations for change 301
Heather M. Bradford
Resources for physiologic pregnancy and childbirth 331
Index 335