Maternity and Women's Health Care
Author:Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Ellen Olshansky, Shannon E. Perry
Edition:13th Edition
Maternity and women’s health nursing care is explored across the lifespan with a focus on health promotion, reproductive wellness, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum recovery, and newborn care. It covers women’s health concerns, genetics, prenatal development, labor and delivery, maternal and newborn assessment, high-risk conditions, and family-centered nursing interventions, while emphasizing evidence-based practice, cultural sensitivity, and holistic support for women and families across diverse healthcare settings.

Chapters
- Chapter 1: 21st-Century Maternity and Women's Health Nursing→
- Chapter 2: Community Care: The Family and Culture→
- Chapter 3: Nursing and Genomics→
- Chapter 4: Assessment and Health Promotion→
- Chapter 5: Violence Against Women→
- Chapter 6: Reproductive System Concerns→
- Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections→
- Chapter 8: Contraception and Abortion→
- Chapter 9: Infertility→
- Chapter 10: Problems of the Breast→
- Chapter 11: Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System→
- Chapter 12: Conception and Fetal Development→
- Chapter 13: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy→
- Chapter 14: Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy→
- Chapter 15: Maternal Nutrition→
- Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes→
- Chapter 17: Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Person→
- Chapter 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor→
- Chapter 19: Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth→
- Chapter 20: Postpartum Anatomic and Physiologic Changes→
- Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period→
- Chapter 22: Transition to Parenthood→
- Chapter 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn→
- Chapter 24: Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family→
- Chapter 25: Newborn Nutrition and Feeding→
- Chapter 26: Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy→
- Chapter 27: Hypertensive Disorders→
- Chapter 28: Hemorrhagic Disorders→
- Chapter 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders→
- Chapter 30: Medical-Surgical Disorders→
- Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse→
- Chapter 32: Labor and Birth at Risk→
- Chapter 33: Postpartum Complications→
- Chapter 34: Nursing Care of the High-Risk Newborn→
- Chapter 35: Acquired Problems of the Newborn→
- Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies→
- Chapter 37: Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief→
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