Maternal-Newborn Nursing : Theory and Practice

Views on maternal-newborn nursing roles of the maternal- newborn nurse family dynamics, as well as the physiology of childbirth promoting a normal childbirth pain management during childbirth high-risk childbirth fetal monitoring, are presented.

Abstract

Unit 1 Perspectives of maternal-newborn nursing: maternal-newborn nursing science perspectives on maternal-newborn nursing roles of the maternal-newborn nurse family dynamics maternal-newborn nursing in the community social issues and childbearing women legal aspects of maternal-newborn nursing ethical issues in maternal-newborn nursing. Unit 2 Human reproduction: the reproductive system sexuality family planning infertility genetics termination of pregnancy. Unit 3 Nursing care during pregnancy: fetal development physiological changes of pregnancy psychological responses to pregnancy sociocultural aspects of pregnancy promoting a healthy pregnancy perinatal education high-risk pregnancy. Unit 4 Nursing care during childbirth: the physiology of childbirth promoting a normal childbirth pain management during childbirth high-risk childbirth fetal monitoring. Unit 5 Nursing care healthy mothers and newborns: family-centered nursing care of newborns postpartum adaptation nursing care of mothers newborn adaptation newborn assessment nursing care of newborns breastfeeding parenting the healthy infant. Unit 6 Nursing care of mothers and newborns with special needs: alterations in health status of postpartum mothers alterations in health status of newborns high-risk parenting perinatal loss and grief adolescent pregnancy and parenthood perinatal infections.