Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

Part I: Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families * Maternity and Women's Health Care Today * The Nurse's Role in Maternity and Women's Health Care * Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues * Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology * Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing Part II: The Family Before Birth * Conception and Prenatal Development * Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy * Psychosocial Adaptations to Pregnancy * Nutrition for Childbearing * Antepartal Fetal Assessment * Perinatal Education Part III: The Family During Birth * Processes of Birth * Nursing Care During Labor and Birth * Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance * Pain Management During Childbirth * Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures Part IV: The Family Following Birth * Postpartum Physiologic Adaptations * Postpartum Psychosocial Adaptations * Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation * Assessment of the Normal Newborn * Care of the Normal Newborn * Infant Feeding * Home Care of the Infant Part V: Families at Risk during the Childbearing Period * The Childbearing Family with Special Needs * Complications of Pregnancy * Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy * Intrapartum Complications * Postpartum Maternal Complications * High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development * High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions Part VI: Women's Health Care * Family Planning * Infertility * Preventive Care for Women * Women's Health Problems