PART 1 Foundations for Nursing Care of the Childbearing Families 1 Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process 2 Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues 3 Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology 4 Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing PART 2 The Family Before Birth 5 Conception and Prenatal Development 6 Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy 7 Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education 8 Nutrition for Childbearing 9 Assessing the Fetus 10 Complications of Pregnancy 11 The Childbearing Family with Special Needs PART 3 The Family During Birth 12 Processes of Birth 13 Pain Management During Childbirth 14 Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 15 Nursing Care During Labor and Birth 16 Intrapartum Complications PART 4 The Family Following Birth 17 Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care 18 Postpartum Maternal Complications 19 Critical Care Obstetrics 20 Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation 21 Assessment of the Normal Newborn 22 Care of the Normal Newborn 23 Infant Feeding 24 High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development 25 High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions PART 5 Women's Health Care 26 Family Planning 27 Infertility 28 Women's Health Answers to Selected Questions