Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing covers the essentials of maternal, neonatal, and women's health nursing in a concise and reader-friendly format that prepares the reader for the clinical challenges ahead.

Contents:

Introduction to Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing

1. Contemporary issues and trends in maternal, newborn, and women's health
2. Community-bases care

Women's Health Throughout the Lifespan

3. Anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system
4. Common reproductive issues
5. Sexually transmitted infections
6. Disorders of the breasts
7. Benign disorders of the female reproductive tract
8. Cancers ofthe female reproductive tract
9. Violence and abuse

Pregnancy

10. Fetal development and genetics
11. Maternal adaptation during pregnancy
12. Nursing management during pregnancy

Labor and Birth

13. Labor and birth process
14. Nursing management during labor and birth

Portpartum Period

15. Maternal adaptation during the postpartum period
16. Nursing management during the postpartum perion

The Newborn

17. Newborn adaptation
18. Nursing management of the newborn

Childbearing at Risk

19. Nursing management of pregnancy at risk: Pregnancy-related complications
20. Nursing management of the pregnancy at risk: Preexisting conditions
21. Nursing management of labor and birth at risk
22. Nursing management of the postpartum woman at risk

The Newborn at Risk

23. Nursing management of the newborn with special needs: Variation in gestational age and birthweight
24. Nursing management of the newborn at risk: Acquired and congenital newborn conditions

Index

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