Foundations of Maternal Newborn Nursing

FOUNDATIONS FOR NURSING CARE OF CHILDBEARING FAMILIES* Maternity Care Today * The Nurse's Role in Maternity Care * Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues * Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology * Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing * THE FAMILY BEFORE BIRTH * Conception and Prenatal Development * Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy * Psychosocial Adaptations to Pregnancy * Nutrition for Childbearing * Fetal Diagnostic Tests * Perinatal Education * THE FAMILY DURING BIRTH * The Processes of Birth * Nursing Care During Labor and Birth * Intrapartum Fetal Assessment * Pain Management During Childbirth * Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures * THE FAMILY AFTER BIRTH * Postpartum Physiologic Adaptations * Postpartum Psychosocial Adaptations * Normal Newborn: The Processes of Adaptation * Assessment of the Normal Newborn * Care of the Normal Newborn * Infant Feeding * Home Care of the Infant * 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 * OTHER REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES * Family Planning * Infertility * Women's Health Care *APPENDIXES