Home care of the high-risk pregnant woman requiring bed rest.
Home-care treatment of the high-risk pregnant woman often includes bed rest. Bed rest therapy has various physiologic and psychosocial side effects that generally are not recognized or treated. This article provides suggestions for providing comprehensive nursing antepartum and postpartum care of the pregnant woman requiring home bed rest and her family. Resources available to assist in this care are detailed.
Maloni
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing 53792.
D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors