With today's technologic advances and the help of knowledgeable nurses, women have a better chance of having a positive outcome of even a high risk pregnancy and delivery than ever before. Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery, 4th Edition provides the user with comprehensive information in a concise, accessible format. The book presents various problems in a consistent format that includes incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management with protocols for nurse practitioners. It also addresses collaborative problems and desired outcomes.
I'm not a nurse but I am the patient. While there were definitely aspects which were over my head, this helped to see the research behind protocols. This also pointed out some procedures which were based on anecdotal rather than scientific research and encouraged the nursing staff to push for change that aligned with science rather than tradition when it was clearly better for the patient. This will help me ask better questions and be a bit more familiar with what is going on.