Varney's Midwifery

Description

After nearly a decade, the gold standard for midwives and students is back with Varney’s Midwifery, Fifth Edition. New to this edition are chapters describing the profession of midwifery, reproductive physiology, clinical genetics, and support for women in labor. Interwoven throughout is information on primary care, gynecology, maternity care, and neonatal care.

With chapters written by a variety of midwife experts and an increased emphasis on reproductive anatomy and physiology, this new edition assists students and new clinicians in understanding not only what to do but why. Updated to reflect evidence-based care, this edition also discusses the pathophysiology of various conditions in the context of normal changes in the reproductive cycle.

In this edition, the skills chapters have been significantly revised and reformatted into relevant chapter appendices to help students, new midwives, and international readers learn essential skills in sequential steps. These critical midwifery skills include performing a pelvic examination, hand maneuvers for birth, delivery of a fetus in breech presentation, and current evidence-based steps for managing a postpartum hemorrhage.

New Chapters Include:

• Professional Midwifery Today
• Mental Health Conditions
• Breast Conditions
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Reproductive System
• Physiologic Changes in Pregnancy and Fetal Development
• Genetics
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Intrapartum Period
• Support for Women in Labor
• Anatomy and Physiologic Changes in the Postpartum Period
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Newborn

Table of Contents

Part I MIDWIFERY
Chapter 1 The History and Profession of Midwifery in the United States
Chapter 2 Professional Midwifery Today
Chapter 3 International Midwifery and Safe Motherhood

Part II PRIMARY CARE
Chapter 4 An Introduction to the Care of Women
Chapter 5 Pharmacotherapeutics
Chapter 6 Nutrition
Chapter 7 Health Promotion and Health Maintenance
Chapter 8 Primary Care
Chapter 9 Mental Health Conditions
Chapter 10 Preconception Care

Part III GYNECOLOGY
Chapter 11 Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Reproductive System
Chapter 12 Menstrual Cycle Abnormalities
Chapter 13 Gynecologic Disorders
Chapter 14 Breast Conditions
Chapter 15 Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 16 Family Planning
Chapter 17 Nonhormonal Contraception
Chapter 18 Hormonal Contraception
Chapter 19 Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond

Part IV ANTEPARTUM
Chapter 20 Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy: Placental, Fetal And Maternal Adaptations
Chapter 21 Genetics
Chapter 22 Prenatal Care
Chapter 23 Obstetric Complications in Pregnancy
Chapter 24 Medical Complications in Pregnancy

Part V INTRAPARTUM
Chapter 25 Anatomy and Physiology during Labor and Birth
Chapter 26 The First Stage of Labor
Chapter 27 Fetal Assessment During Labor
Chapter 28 Support for Women in Labor
Chapter 29 The Second Stage of Labor and Birth
Chapter 30 Complications during Labor and Birth
Chapter 31 Third and Fourth Stages of Labor
Chapter 32 Birth in the Home and Birth Center

Part VI POSTPARTUM
Chapter 33 Anatomy and Phyiology of Postpartum
Chapter 34 Postpartum Care
Chapter 35 Postpartum Complications
Chapter 36 Breast Feeding and the Mother-Newborn Dyad

Part NEWBORN VII
Chapter 37 Anatomy and Physiology of the Newborn
Chapter 38 Care of the Newborn at Birth
Chapter 39 Neonatal Care

About the Authors

Tekoa L. King, CNM, MPH, FACNM-University of California at San Francisco, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California Deputy Editor Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

Mary C. Brucker, CNM, PhD, FACNM-Baylor University

Professor and Director of Graduate Program
Baylor University
Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Dallas, Texas

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.

Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH-University of Maryland, Maryland

Jenifer Fahey, CNM, MSN, MPH is a Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland Medical School. She received her Master of Public Health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health in 1997. In May 2000, she earned her MSN from Yale University's School of Nursing where she studied under Helen Varney in the Nurse-Midwifery Specialty.

Carolyn L. Gegor, MS, CNM, 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.

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