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Professor, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California; Professor Alumnus, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, California Professor Emeritus, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA Chair, General Nursing and Health Education Division, Clinical Professor, Nursing, Tucson, AZ
Unit 1: Maternity Nursing Overview 1. Trends and Issues 2. Ethics and Standards of Practice Issues Unit 2: The Antepartal Period 3. Genetics, Conception, Fetal Development, and Reproductive Technology 4. Physiological Aspects of Pregnancy 5. The Psycho-Social-Cultural Aspects of Pregnancy 6. Antepartal Tests 7. Complications of Pregnancy Unit 3: The Intrapartal Period 8. Labor and Birth 9. Fetal Heart Rate Assessment 10. Complications of Labor and Birth 11. Intrapartum and Postpartum Care of the Cesarean Birth Families Unit 4: The Postpartal Period 12. Postpartum Physiological Assessments and Nursing Care 13. Transition to Parenthood 14. Postpartum Complications and Nursing Care Unit 5: The Neonatal Period 15. Nursing care of the Neonate and Family 16. Newborn Nutrition 17. Complications of the Neonate and Nursing Care Unit 6: Women's Health 18. Well Women's Health 19. Alterations in Women's Health Appendix A Laboratory Values Appendix B Preeclampsia Early Recognition Tool (PERT) Appendix C Cervical Dilation Chart Appendix D Temperature and Weight Conversion Charts Glossary Photo and Illustration Credits Index