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"The third edition of this book continues to provide basic information pertaining to standard obstetric practices commonly seen in labor and delivery (L&D). Its intent is to allow the senior staff to focus on more emergent questions new nurses may have rather than the basics of their environment. This edition provides the direction needed for new nurses to develop a comfortable independence and confidence in the labor and delivery environment"--
About the author
Kathryn "Cassie" Giles Groll, DNP, CNM, is a doctorally prepared, certified nurse midwife, who is part of a full-scope OB/GYN private practice in New Jersey. She earned her master's degree in nursing and doctoral degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She is licensed in both New Jersey and New York as a certified nurse midwife with prescriptive authority and as an OB/GYN nurse practitioner in the state of New York. She has worked as a midwife since 2006 and clinically as an RN in obstetrics in a variety of capacities, including as a clinical instructor of obstetrics at Columbia University, New York, and in the high-risk women's health float pool at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the Medical History Society of New Jersey, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She has served as an advocate for sexual assault victims in Somerset, New Jersey.
Summary
Nurses who are new to the fast-paced and interdisciplinary labour and delivery (L&D) environment will welcome this newly updated, succinct, easy-to-use orientation guide for everyday labour and birth management practices. It is designed for speedy access to fundamental information about the most common L&D procedures.
