Maternity and Women's Health Care

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Maternal/Child**

This comprehensive maternity book is now even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 13th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In addition to emphasizing childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New guidelines are incorporated with updated content throughout, focusing on prioritization of care and interprofessional care.Expert authors of the market-leading maternity nursing textbook deliver the most accurate, up-to-date contentSigns of Potential Complications highlight vital concerns, alerting you to signs and symptoms of complications and the immediate interventions to provideCultural Considerations stress the importance of considering the beliefs and health practices of clients and their families from various cultures when providing careMedication Guides provide key information about commonly used medications with specific nursing implicationsMedication Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content alert readers to critical drug information that must be considered to provide safe client careSafety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practiceNursing Care Plans identify priority client problems and concerns, along with appropriate interventions and rationalesCommunity Activity boxes focus on maternal and newborn activities that can be pursued in local community settings and online and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings, including assisting clients in locating resourcesEmergency boxes provide information about various emergency situations and offer a quick reference in critical situationsTeaching for Self-Management boxes highlight important information that nurses need to communicate to clients and families for follow-up careNEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX®NEW! Content on COVID-19 includes current recommendations from professional organizations related to vaccines and the care of pregnant women and newbornsUPDATED! Increased coverage of the needs of nontraditional familiesUPDATED! Coverage of legislative changes that affect health care delivery in the United StatesUPDATED! Current recommendations and practice changes from professional organizations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)UPDATED! Enhanced content on client- and family-centered care focuses on diversity and cultural assessmentUPDATED! Added emphasis on racial disparities in relation to women’s health and childbearingUPDATED! Cutting-edge content on treatments for breast cancer