UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY & WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE 1. 21st Century Maternity Nursing and Women's Health Care 2. Community Care: The Family and Culture 3. Clinical Genetics UNIT TWO: WOMEN'S HEALTH 4. Assessment and Health Promotion 5. Violence Against Women 6. Reproductive System Concerns 7. Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections 8.

Contraception and Abortion 9. Infertility 10. Breast Disorders and Neoplasms 11. Reproductive System Disorders and Neoplasms UNIT THREE: PREGNANCY 12. Conception and Fetal Development 13. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy 14. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy 15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition UNIT FOUR: CHILDBIRTH 16.

Labor and Birth Processes 17. Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Woman 18. Fetal Assessment During Labor 19. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor UNIT FIVE: POSTPARTUM 20. Postpartum Physiology 21. Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period 22. Transition to Parenthood UNIT SIX: THE NEWBORN 23. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn 24.

Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family 25. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding UNIT SEVEN: COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY 26. Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy 27. Hypertensive Disorders 28. Hemorrhagic Disorders 29. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 30. Medical-Surgical Disorders 31. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse 32.

Labor and Birth Complications 33. Postpartum Complications 34. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn and Family UNIT EIGHT: NEWBORN COMPLICATIONS 35. Acquired Problems of the Newborn 36. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies 37. Perinatal Loss and Grief.