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Antepartum and Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring $24.95



Antepartum and Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Clinical Competencies and Education Guide, 5th Edition

In the interests of patient safety and to promote positive outcomes, facilities should provide ongoing education and periodic competence validation to nurses who use fetal heart monitoring in their practice.

This guide is ideal for nurse managers, staff educators and staff nurses who perform or are involved with fetal heart monitoring as it outlines suggested areas of competence for clinicians whose practice includes antepartum and intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring. It outlines the didactic content and competency statements needed to develop education and competence validation and incorporates NICHD terminology.

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Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices 4th Edition $45.95



Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices 4th Edition
2009
 This edition includes revised electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) definitions and the revised classification of EFM patterns updated in 2008 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). An indispensable resource for every perinatal setting and perinatal nurse's library. Information is presented using a physiologic approach to fetal heart monitoring to assist nurses and other health care providers in developing a systematic and consistent approach to fetal heart monitoring.

Topics include:
  • Physiologic basis for fetal heart monitoring
  • Fetal assessment using auscultation and electronic monitoring technology
  • Interpretation of fetal heart rate patterns
  • Physiologic interventions for fetal heart rate patterns
  • Assessment of fetal oxygenation and acid-base status
  • Antenatal testing and monitoring issues
  • Documentation, communication, collaboration and risk management


This text invaluable as a stand-alone resource, also accompanies the AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring courses and a CD-ROM of the book is included for quick referencing of the text.

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Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation 2nd Edition, UPDATED $28.95



Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation
2009
Nancy Feinstein, RNC, MSN, PhD, Ann Sprague, RNC, BN, MEd, PhD, and Marie-Josee Trepanier, RN, BSCN, Med

This practice monograph describes how to perform fetal heart rate auscultation and discusses the benefits and limitations of intermittent auscultation (IA). Fetal heart rate auscultation has been a method of fetal assessment for centuries but the practice declined with the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring. This monograph discusses the knowledge to date about IA as a primary method of fetal surveillance during labor. Recommendations of various obstetric organizations regarding the use of fetal heart rate auscultation for low-risk pregnancies is covered.

One set of 2.4 contact hours included in purchase price.
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