Includes appendix and index.

1 CD-ROM (inside back cover)

Contents: 1. Introductory concepts: Contemporary maternal-newborn care -- Culture and the childbearing family -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Conception and fetal development -- 2. Women's health: The Reproductive years: Health promotion for women -- Common gynecologic problems -- Families with special reproductive concerns -- Preparation for parenthood -- 3. Pregnancy and the family: Physical and psychologic changes of pregnancy-- Antepartal nursing assessment-- The Expectant family: needs and care -- Adolescent pregnancy -- Maternal nutrition -- Pregnancy at risk: pregestational problems -- Pregnancy at risk: Gestational onset -- Assessment of fetal well-being -- 4. Birth and the family: Processes and stages of labor and birth -- Intrapartal nursing assessment -- The family in childbirth: needs and care -- Pain management during birth -- Childbirth at risk -- Birth-related procedures -- 5. The Newborn: The Physiologic responses of the newborn to birth -- Nursing assessment of the newborn -- Normal newborn: needs and care -- Newborn nutrition -- The newborn at risk: conditions present at birth -- The newborn at risk: birth-related stressors -- 6. Postpartum: Postpartal adaptation and nursing assessment -- The postpartal family: needs and care -- Home care of the postpartal family -- The postpartal family at risk --