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This title presents up-to-date information on perinatal nursing based on the most rigorous evidence and offers suggestions for best practices.
In M. M. Andrew & J. S. Boyle ( Eds . ) , Transcultural concepts in nursing ( pp . 15-35 ) . Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins . ... Decision making in laboring women : Ethical issues for perinatal nurses .
Many nurses view incident reports as a punitive exercise . When a nurse is involved in any questionable situation , an incident report may be very beneficial should any lawsuit ... Ethical decision - making and neonatal resuscitation .
"The goal of the book is to provide useful clinical information to practicing perinatal nurses.
... present whereas the Mantoux has a high false-positive rate in women who have previously received the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine.97 The treatment of TB in pregnant women should be the same as that in nonpregnant patients.
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In A.A. Fanaroff, and J.M. Fanaroff (Eds.): Klaus & Fanaroff's care of the high-risk neonate (6th ed.). Philadelphia, 2013, Elsevier Saunders, pp. 368–409. Rezaee, R.L., Lappen, J.R., and Gecsi, K.S.: Antenatal and intrapartum care of ...
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