Conception and fetal development -- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy -- Nursing care of the family during pregnancy -- Maternal and fetal nutrition -- Assessment of high risk pregnancy -- Mental health disorders and substance abuse -- Labor and birth processes -- Maximizing comfort for the laboring woman -- Fetal assessment during labor -- Nursing care of the family during labor and birth -- Labor and birth complications -- Postpartum physiologic changes -- Nursing care of the family during the postpartum period -- Transition to parenthood -- Postpartum complications -- Nursing care of the newborn and family -- Newborn nutrition and feeding -- Newborn complications -- Perinatal loss, bereavement, and grief.

Includes bibliographical references and index.