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Obstetrical Nursing / A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her Baby

Chapter 1: OBSTETRICAL NURSING A TEXT-BOOK ON THE NURSING CARE OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER, THE WOMAN IN LABOR, THE YOUNG MOTHER AND HER BABY
By Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom
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This work serves as a comprehensive guide for nursing care related to obstetrics, focusing on the needs of expectant mothers, women in labor, and new mothers with their infants. It covers essential topics such as prenatal care, labor support, postpartum recovery, and infant care, providing practical advice and techniques for nurses. The text is enriched with illustrations and charts to enhance understanding and application of the concepts discussed. It aims to equip nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to support mothers and their babies during critical stages of childbirth and early motherhood.

OBSTETRICAL NURSING
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THE CARESS

From the painting by Gari Melchers

I hold you close: and I could cry
Because you seem so new and dear;
And such a helpless warder I
To keep your candle burning clear:
The curious candle of your breath,
Body’s and spirit’s throbbing breath.
Fanny Stearns Gifford.

OBSTETRICAL NURSING
A TEXT-BOOK ON THE NURSING CARE OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER, THE WOMAN IN LABOR, THE YOUNG MOTHER AND HER BABY

BY
CAROLYN CONANT VAN BLARCOM, R.N.
Formerly, assistant superintendent and instructor in obstetrical nursing and the care of infants and children at the johns hopkins hospital training school for nurses
Author of
“The Midwife in England”
WITH 200 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 8 CHARTS
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1922,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1922.
Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Company
New York, U. S. A.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO THE
SPIRIT OF HELPFULNESS
WHICH HAS MADE ITS PREPARATION
POSSIBLE WITH THE HOPE THAT IT
MAY BE OF HELP TO THOSE NURSES
WHO TAKE YOUNG MOTHERS AND BABIES
INTO THEIR CARE.