Q: I am a family nurse practitioner who will be working in an
OB/GYN office. Can anyone direct me to a reference with
protocols for the pregnant patient?
-Joanne Pecoraro
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Ambulatory Obstetrics: Protocols for Nurse
Practitioners/Nurse-Midwives by Star, Shannon, Sammons,
Lommel & Gutierrez, published by School of Nursing,
University of California, San Francisco, 1990. A new edition
is supposed to have been available by now - I tried to get
it in 1998 and couldn't but was told that it would be out
any month. (Ed Note: This was recommended by two other
readers.)
Also, Anne Frye's Holistic Midwifery, Vol I, Care During
Pregnancy. It's not exactly a protocol book, but it is for
complete care of the pregnant woman. I think it would be a
great addition to a conventional medical setting.
-Karen Ehrlich
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Two wonderful books for protocols of OB/GYN related
materials:
1. Protocols for Gynecologic and Obstetric Health Care Mary
K Barger editor with Vanda Lops, Judith Fullerton and Mary
Ann Rhode, authors. This book may have been updated with
different authors. The WB Saunders Company carried it in the
early 1990s.
2. Varney's Nurse Midwifery.
I encourage you to study obstetric procedures and protocols
if you are going to be assigned to pregnant women. It will
only be for their benefit. The University of California San
Diego has a family nurse practitioner to midwife program. I
encourage you to become a CNM. It will benefit your patients
greatly!
-Sandra
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 27 July 5, 2000)
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