Foundations of maternal-newborn and women's health nursing / Sharon Smith Murray, MSN, Professor Emerita, Health Professions, Golden West College, Hungting Beach, California, Emily Slone Mckinney, MSN, RN, C, Nurse Educator and Consultant, Dallas, Texas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Foundations for nursing care of childbearing families -- Maternity and women's health care today -- The Nurse's Role in Maternity and Women's Health Care -- Ethical, social, and legal issues -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Hereditary and environmental influences on childbearing -- Pt. 2. The family before birth -- Conception and prenatal development -- Physiologic adaptations to pregnancy -- Psychosocial adaptations to pregnancy -- Nutrition for childbearing -- Antepartum fetal assessment -- Perinatal education -- Pt. 3. The family during birth -- Processes of birth -- Nursing care during labor and birth -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Pain management during childbirth -- Nursing care during obstetric procedures -- Pt. 4. -- The family following birth -- Postpartum physiologic adaptations -- Postpartum psychosocial adaptations -- Normal newborn: processes of adaptation -- Assessment of the normal newborn -- Care of the normal newborn -- Infant feeding -- Home care of the infant -- Pt. 5. Families at risk during the childbearing period -- The childbearing family with special needs -- Complications of pregnancy -- Concurrent disorders during pregnancy -- Intrapartum complications -- Postpartum maternal complications -- High-risk newborn: complications associated with gestational age and development -- High-risk newborn: acquired and congenital conditions -- Pt. 6. Women's health care -- Family planning -- Infertility -- Preventive care for women -- Women's health problems.