Obstetrics for nurses / by Joseph B. De Lee.

  • Joseph DeLee
Date:
1933
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Obstetrics for nurses / by Joseph B. De Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In preparing this, the seventh edition of his work for nurses, the author has followed the same general lines of the previous ones, but, permitted by the generosity of the publishers to increase both the matter and the illustrations, he has expanded many of the subjects presented before and has added a few new ones. Accordingly, the reader will find, among others, the chapters on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Function enlarged. These will meet the requirements of the Board of l\urse Examiners, yet due regard is paid to the fact that this is a book on Obstetric Nursing and that a full presentment of these subjects belongs elsewhere. There is a great and commendable increase in the respect being paid the pregnant woman throughout the country, and a rounded system of Prenatal Care is being developed. Twenty-five pages have therefore been devoted to this subject. The importance of diet in health and disease is now gaining that attention of the physician which it has long deserved. Diet influences the well-being of the gravida and the growing fetus and has a direct bearing on the nutrition of the newborn baby. With this in mind the chapter on diet in pregnancy has been amplified and brought up to date. Since the prime causes of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity are puerperal infection, the toxemias, and complicated labor, these subjects have also been expanded and the duties and opportunities of the nurse more fully set forth. We have tried to show how the nurse can spread the gospel of prenatal care, how she can practice the simple
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