Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and Assessment

This handy resource provides portable and practical information for evaluating intrapartum and antepartum fetal status. Designed specifically for use in the clinical environment, it provides a single source of information for the care and management of the patient in the labor and delivery suite, the fetal intensive care unit, the LDR/P and the antepartum inpatient unit or ambulatory care setting where electronic monitoring is used for fetal surveillance. Thoroughly revised, it provides up-to-date content on all aspects of electronic fetal monitoring, fromoperating equipment to interpreting data. It contains the new NICHD (National Institute for Child & Human Development) standard definitions for fetal heart rate patterns and new guidelines for culturally sensitive care of the patient in labor, information on a new fetal oxygen saturation monitor, and information for other countries who use a different fetal monitor strip scaling system.

Susan Martin Tucker, MSN, RN, PHN, CNAA, Healthcare Consultant, Quality Management and Perinatal Systems, Roseville, CA