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

"Obstetrical Nursing" by Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom is an educational book designed for nurses learning about pregnancy and childbirth. It explains how to care for women who are expecting a baby, going through labor, or have just given birth, as well as how to look after newborns. The author highlights the value of being clean, observant, flexible, and caring in nursing. The book aims to clear up confusion that nurses might have due to different training methods and to create a standard way of caring for mothers and babies. It covers important topics like how the body works during pregnancy, what to do before and after birth, and how to take care of a baby in its first days. The book begins by setting a serious tone stressing that improving the health of mothers and babies is extremely important to reduce sickness and death during childbirth.