Davis essential nursing content + practice questions. Maternal-newborn [electronic resource] / Sheila C. Whitworth, Taralyn McMullan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Davis essential nursing content + practice questions. Maternal-newborn -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Unit I: Human Reproduction -- Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of Female and Male Reproduction Systems -- Chapter 2: Infertility -- Chapter 3: Genetics -- Chapter 4: Conception and Fetal Development -- Unit II: Care of the Woman Across the Life Span -- Chapter 5: Contraception -- Chapter 6: Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Chapter 7: Disorders of the Breast -- Chapter 8: Gynecological Disorders -- Unit III: Antepartum -- Chapter 9: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy -- Chapter 10: Prenatal Care -- Chapter 11: Maternal Nutrition -- Chapter 12: Assessment of Fetal Well-Being -- Chapter 13: Antepartum at Risk -- Unit IV: Intrapartum -- Chapter 14: Process of Labor and Birth -- Chapter 15: Nursing Care During Labor and Birth -- Chapter 16: Labor and Birth at Risk -- Unit V: Postpartum -- Chapter 17: Nursing Care of the Postpartum Woman -- Chapter 18: Postpartum at Risk -- Unit VI: Newborn -- Chapter 19: Newborn Adaptation -- Chapter 20: General Assessment and Care of the Newborn -- Chapter 21: The At-Risk Newborn -- Chapter 22: Newborn at High Risk -- Unit VII: Review -- Chapter 23: Comprehensive Final Examination -- Appendix A: Putting It All Together Case Study Answers -- Appendix B: Bibliography -- Index.

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