Maternity & women's health care / Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Ellen F. Olshansky, Shannon E. Perry

Contents: Introduction to maternity and women's health care - - 21st-century maternity and women's health nursing - - Community care: the family and culture - - Nursing and genomics - - Women's health - - Assessment and health promotion - - Violence against women - - Reproductive system concerns - - Sexually transmitted and other infections - - Contraception and abortion - - Infertility - - Problems of the breast - - Structural disorders and neoplasms of the reproductive system - - Pregnancy - - Conception and fetal development - - Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy - - Nursing care of the family during pregnancy - - Maternal nutrition - - Labor and birth - - Labor and birth processes - - Maximizing comfort for the laboring person - - Fetal assessment during labor - - Nursing care of the family during labor and birth - - Postpartum - - Postpartum anatomic and physiologic changes - - Nursing care of the family during the postpartum period - - Transition to parenthood - - The newborn - - Physiologic and behavioral adaptations of the newborn - - Nursing care of the newborn and family - - Newborn nutrition and feeding - - Complications of pregnancy - - Assessment of high-risk pregnancy - - Hypertensive disorders - - Hemorrhagic disorders - - Endocrine and metabolic disorders - - Medical-surgical disorders - - Mental health disorders and substance abuse - - Labor and birth at risk - - Postpartum complications - - Newborn complications - - Nursing care of the high-risk newborn - - Acquired problems of the newborn - - Hemolytic disorders and congenital anomalies - - Perinatal loss, bereavement, and grief