Description
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes have been updated, researched and reformatted to help you focus on current research.- Recognizes the nurse's need to integrate the family in the care of the mother and newborn.- New and updated information to reflect current nursing research.
Table of Contents
1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing: Culturally Competent, Family and Community FocusedUnit One: Reproductive Years2. Assessment and Health Promotion3. Common Concerns4. Contraception, Abortion, and InfertilityUnit Two: Pregnancy5. Genetics, Conception, and Fetal Development6. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy7. Nursing Care of the Family during Pregnancy8. Maternal and Fetal NutritionUnit Three: Childbirth9. Labor and Birth Processes10. Management of Discomfort11. Fetal Assessment during Labor12. Nursing Care of the Family during Labor and BirthUnit Four: Postpartum Period13. Maternal Physiologic Changes14. Nursing Care of the Family during the Fourth Trimester15. Transition to ParenthoodUnit Five: The Newborn16. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations17. Assessment and Care of the Newborn and Family18. Newborn Nutrition and FeedingUnit Six: Complications of Childbearing19. Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy20. Pregnancy at Risk: Preexisting Conditions21. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Conditions22. Labor and Birth at Risk23. Postpartum Complications24. The Newborn at Risk
