This is a comprehensive textbook of Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing I and II that offers complete information about normal and abnormal midwifery and gynaecology, along with high-risk labour, pregnancy and newborn care. The textbook provides evidence-based information to undergraduate nursing students; it helps them to prepare how to provide preventive and promotive care to mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labour and postpartum period and to assist mothers and newborns with various complications and gynaecological disorders. It follows the revised competency-based curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) and includes both theory and practical content related to the subject, which lays a strong foundation for higher education.
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By Sudha A. Raddi, Principal, KAHER Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India and Lekha Viswanath, Professor & Head Department of Obstetric & Gynaecologic Nursing, Himalayan College of Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
UNIT 1 Introduction to Midwifery
1History of Midwifery in India
2Current Scenario and Trends in Midwifery and Gynaecology Nursing
3Legal and Ethical issues in Maternal and Newborn Care
UNIT 2 Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Physiology – Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Reproductive System and Conception
4FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE
5Female Pelvis and fetal Skull
6Conception and fetal growth
UNIT 3 Assessment and Management of Normal Pregnancy (Antenatal)
7Prepregnancy care
8Normal Pregnancy
9Antenatal Care - First trimester
10Antenatal Care - Second Trimester
11Antenatal Care - Third Trimester
UNIT 4 Physiology, Management and Care during Labour
12Review of Normal Labour Labour and Birth Process
13First Stage of labour
14Second Stage of labour
15Third stage of Labour
16Fourth stage of labour
17Providing safety and comfort during labour
UNIT 5 Postpartum Care
18Physiology and Management of Puerperium
19Physiology of lactation and lactation management
UNIT 6 Assessment and Care of Normal Neonate
20Newborn Assessment
21Routine care of Newborn
UNIT 7 High-Risk Pregnancy – Assessment and Management/Recognition and Management of problems during Pregnancy
22Assessment and screening of high-risk pregnancy
23Problems Complications of Pregnancy
24Medical and surgical conditions complicating pregnancy
25Infections affecting Pregnancy
26Management of selected high-risk pregnancies
27Gynecological Disorders complicating pregnancy
UNIT 8 Abnormal Labour and Obstetrical Emergencies
28Disorders of Labour
29Complications of the third stage of Labour
30Obstetrical Emergencies
31Obstetrical Procedures
32Induction of Labour (medical and surgical inductions)
Unit 9 Recognition and Management of postnatal problems
33Postnatal Assessment
34Puerperal Complication and management
UNIT 10 Assessment and Management of high-Risk Newborn
35Models of Newborn Care
36Screening and management of High Risk Newborn
37Disorders of Newborn
38High Risk Newborn
UNIT 11 Pharmacology In Obstetrics
39Oxytocics in obstetrics
UNIT 12 Assessment and Management of Women with Gynecological Disorders
40Gynecological Assessment - Breast self-Examination
41Congenital Abnormalities of the female reproductive System
42Gynecological disorders
43Menopause
44Infertility
45Gender-based violence against women
UNIT 13 Family Planning and Family Welfare Programmes
46National Trends and Family Welfare Programmes
47Family Welfare services