Maternity Nursing

INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY NURSING * Contemporary Maternity Nursing * The Family and Culture * Community and Home Care * REPRODUCTIVE YEARS * Health Promotion and Prevention * Health Assessment * Common Health Concerns * Contraception, Infertility and Abortion * PREGNANCY * Conception and Fetal Development * Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy * Nursing Care During Pregnancy * Maternal and Fetal Nutrition * CHILDBIRTH * Factors and Processes of Labor and Birth * Management of Discomfort * Fetal Monitoring * Nursing Care During Labor and Birth * POSTPARTUM PERIOD * Physiologic Changes * Assessment and Care During the Fourth Trimester * Adaptation to Parenthood * THE NEWBORN * Immediate Care of the Newborn * Assessment and Care of the Newborn * Newborn Nutrition and Feeding * COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBEARING * Assessment for Risk Factors * Pregnancy at Risk: Pre-Existing Conditions * Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions * Labor and Birth at Risk * Postpartum Complications * The Newborn at Risk: Problems Related to Gestational Age * The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions * Glossary * Appendices * A. Standard Laboratory Values: Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women * B. Standard Laboratory Values in the Neonatal Period * C. Relationship of Drugs to Breast Milk and Effect on Infant * D. Resources