Table of Contents
Unit One: Social and Family Dynamics
1. Contemporary Maternity Care, Family, and Cultural Considerations
2. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
Unit Two: Development of the Fetus
3. Fetal Development
Unit Three: Pregnancy
4. Physiologic and Psychologic Changes During Pregnancy
5. Health Care and Fetal Assessment During Pregnancy
Unit Four: Labor and Birth
6. Process of Normal Labor
7. Nursing Care During Labor
8 . Management of Pain During Labor
Unit Five: The Newborn
9. Physiologic Adaptation of the Newborn and Nursing Assessment
10. Nursing Care of the Newborn
11. Newborn Feeding
Unit Six: Postpartum Assessment
12. Postpartum Assessment and Nursing Care
Unit Seven: Complications of Childbearing
13. Health Problems Complicating Pregnancy
14. Complications of Labor and Birth
15. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Associated with Gestational Age and Development
16. The Newborn at Risk: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
17. Postpartum Complications
Unit Eight: Community-Based Care
18. The Pregnant Adolescent and Nursing Care in the Community
Unit Nine: Other Reproductive Issues
19. Family Planning and Infertility
20. Women's Health Issues
21. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Appendix A: The Joint Commission's Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
Appendix B: Commonly Used Abbreviations in Maternal and Pediatric Nursing
Appendix C: Common Spanish Phrases for Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
Appendix D: Multilingual Glossary of Symptoms
Appendix E: Conversion Tables
Appendix F: Selected Maternal and Newborn Laboratory Values
Appendix G: Transfer of Selected Drugs and Other Chemicals into Breast Milk
Appendix H: Answers to Review Questions for the NCLEX® Examination
Bibliography and Reader References
Illustration Credits
Glossary
Index
Study Guide
