Introductory maternity nursing / N. Jayne Klossner.

Originally published as the maternity part of: Introductory maternity & pediatric nursing / N. Jayne Klossner, Nancy T. Hatfield. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nurse's role in a changing maternal-newborn healthcare environment -- Family-centered and community-based maternal and newborn nursing -- Structure and function of the reproductive system -- Special issues of reproduction and women's health care -- Fetal development -- Maternal adaptation during pregnancy -- Prenatal care -- Labor process -- Pain management during labor and birth -- Nursing care during labor and birth -- Assisted delivery and cesarean birth -- The postpartum woman -- Nursing assessment of newborn transition -- Newborn nutrition -- The normal newborn --

Pregnancy at risk: conditions that complicate pregnancy -- Pregnancy at risk: pregnancy-related complications -- Labor at risk -- Postpartum woman at risk -- The newborn at risk: gestational and acquired disorders -- The newborn at risk: congenital disorders.