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<p>Authored by a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, <b>Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 8th Edition</b> is an evidence-based resource on fetal heart rate monitoring for all clinicians — whether you are a nurse, a physician or a midwife, a student or an instructor, this guide has information crucial to your practice.  Designed specifically for the clinical environment, it provides a single source for interpretation and management of electronic fetal monitoring – in labor and delivery, the intensive care unit, inpatient antepartum units, or the obstetric or midwifery office. </p><ul> <li><b>Pocket-sized, two-color design </b>offers portability and easy access to information.</li> <li><b>Descriptions of the relationship between fetal heart rate and fetal acidemia</b> alert you to important considerations in the care of the laboring patient.</li> <li><b>Patient safety and risk management strategies</b> with case study illustrations and legal commentary include guidelines for providing safe and competent care.</li> <li><b>Coverage of innovative practices</b> supports a culture of patient safety and improved quality outcomes in high-reliability perinatal units addressing:</li> <ul> <li>Use of a common language for fetal heart rate patterns with a common construct for interpretation</li> <li>Emergency preparedness (multidisciplinary mock emergencies, simulations, debriefing after critical events, and exemplary practice)</li> <li>Human factor issues (step-by-step process to improve communication, situational awareness, no-fault/just culture, teamwork, and collegiality)</li></ul> <li><b><i>Selected FHR Tracings and Cases: Interpretation and Documentation</i> appendix</b> provides an important reference tool for all clinicians.</li> <li><b>Expert author team</b> with international presence. </li></ul><ul> <li><b>NEW! Two simple principles of interpretation</b> that are evidence- and consensus-based. </li> <li><b>NEW! Content