Maternal-newborn nursing care : the nurse, the family, and the community / Patricia Wieland Ladewig, Marcia L. London, Sally B. Olds.

Includes fold-out pages revealing other illustrations and two folded sheets of perforated study cards.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. BASIC CONCEPTS.
1. Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Care.
2. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology.
3. Conception and Fetal Development.
4. Families with Special Reproductive Problems.
5. Womens Health Care.
6. Preparation for Parenthood.


II. PREGNANCY.
7. Physical and Psychosocial Changes of Pregnancy.
8. Antepartal Nursing Assessment.
9. The Expectant Family: Needs and Care.
10. The Expectant Family: Age-Related Considerations.
11. Maternal Nutrition.
12. Pregnancy at Risk: Pregestational Problems.
13. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Onset.
14. Assessment of Fetal Well-Being.

III. BIRTH.
15. Processes and Stages of Birth.
16. Intrapartal Nursing Assessment.
17. The Family in Childbirth: Needs and Care.
18. Maternal Analgesia and Anesthesia.
19. Intrapartal Family at Risk.
20. Obstetric Procedures: The Roll of the Nurse.

IV. THE NEWBORN.
21. Physiological Responses of the Newborn to Birth.
22. Nursing Assessment of the Newborn.
23. The Normal Newborn: Needs and Care.
24. Newborn Nutrition.
25. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Present at Birth.
26. The Newborn at Risk: Birth-Related Stressors.

V. POSTPARTUM.
27. Postpartal Adaptation and Nursing Assessment.
28. The Postpartal Family: Needs and Care.
29. Home Care of the Postpartal Family.
30. The Postpartal Family at Risk.

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