Maternity nursing : an introductory text / Gloria Leifer

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contemporary maternity care, family, and cultural considerations -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Fetal development -- Physiologic and psychological changes during pregnancy -- Health care and fetal assessment during pregnancy -- Process of normal labor -- Nursing care during labor -- Management of pain during labor -- Physiologic adaptation of the newborn and nursing assessments -- Nursing care of the newborn -- Newborn feeding -- Postpartum assessment and nursing care -- Health problems complicating pregnancy -- Complications of labor and birth -- The newborn at risk : conditions associated with gestational age and development -- The newborn at risk : acquired and congenital conditions -- Postpartum complications -- The pregnant adolescent and maternity nursing in the community -- Family planning and infertility -- Women's health issues -- Complementary and alternative therapies