Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Nursing Pocket Guides), 9th Edition is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals involved in fetal heart monitoring during labor and in the antepartum period. Here are some key features of this pocket-sized guide:
1. Clinical Information: The guide provides clinically relevant information on all aspects of electronic fetal monitoring. It covers the physiologic basis for fetal heart rate monitoring, methods and instrumentation, standardized terminology, pattern recognition, interpretation, and the management of care.
2. Evidence-Based Practice: The content is based on evidence-based practice and literature, ensuring that healthcare professionals have access to the most up-to-date and relevant information for fetal heart rate monitoring.
3. Patient Safety: The guide emphasizes patient safety and risk management strategies. It includes case studies, legal commentary, and guidelines for providing safe and competent care, helping healthcare professionals prioritize patient safety.
4. Relationship Between FHR Patterns and Neonatal Outcomes: The guide provides information on the relationship between fetal heart rate patterns and neonatal outcomes, enabling healthcare professionals to make informed decisions based on monitoring data.
5. Illustrations and Tables: The inclusion of illustrations, tables, and fetal monitor tracings helps highlight critical information and facilitate understanding.
6. Innovative Practices: The guide covers innovative practices in fetal monitoring, such as the use of a common language for fetal heart rate patterns, a standardized approach to interpretation, discussions on emergency preparedness, and human factor issues like improved communication and teamwork.
7. Practical Appendices: Practical appendices offer guidance on fetal heart rate tracings and interpretation. They also include self-assessment questions to aid in credentialing and certification exam preparation.
8. Expert Author Team: The guide is authored by a team of experts, including a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to fetal monitoring.
9. New Updates: The 9th edition includes new information on Category II tracing management, expanded coverage of common misconceptions and myths with supporting evidence, detailed information on documentation and legal issues, and additional EFM tracings with interpretation.
10. Pocket-Sized Format: Its pocket-sized format makes it convenient to carry and use in clinical settings, and its colorful design makes it easy to find and reference.
This guide is designed to prepare healthcare professionals for success in the field of fetal monitoring, including preparation for the EFM certification exam. It is a valuable resource for nurses, midwives, perinatologists, and other clinicians involved in maternal-fetal care.
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