Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing care

The underlying philosophy of [this volume] continues to focus on the belief that pregnancy and childbirth are normal life processes and that family members are co-participants in care. In [the volume, the authors] provide a text that is accurate and readable, a text that helps students develop the skills and abilities they need now and in the future in an ever-changing health care environment.-Back cover.

Originally published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2002. 5th ed.

Revised edition of: Maternal-newborn nursing care / Patricia Wieland Ladewig, Marcia L. London, Sally B. Olds. 4th ed. ©1998.

Basic concepts: Contemporary maternal-newborn care; Reproductive anatomy and physiology; Conception and fetal development -- Women, the reproductive years: Women's health care; Families with special reproductive concerns; Preparation for parenthood -- Pregnancy and the family: Physiological and psychological changes of pregnancy; Antepartal nursing assessment; Expectant family, needs and care; Adolescent pregnancy; Maternal nutrition; Pregnancy at risk, pregestational problems; Pregnancy at risk, gestational onset; Assessment of fetal well-being -- Birth and the family: Process and stages of labor and birth; Intrapartel nursing assessment; Family in childbirth, needs and care; Maternal analgesia and anesthesia; Childbirth at risk; Birth-related procedures -- Newborn: Physiologic responses of the newborn to birth; Nursing assessment of the newborn; Normal newborn, needs and care; Newborn nutrition; Newborn at risk, conditions present at birth; Newborn at risk, birth-related stressors -- Postpartum: Postpartal adaptation and nursing assessment; Postpartal family, needs and care; Home care of the postpartal family; Postpartal family at risk -- Glossary.