Perinatal nursing / AWHONN, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses [edited by] Kathleen Rice Simpson, Patricia A. Creehan. - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. - xix, 709 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perinatal patient safety and professional liability issues / Kathleen Rice Simpson -- Integrating cultural beliefs and practices when caring for childbearing women and families / Lynn Clark Callister -- Physiologic changes of pregnancy / Susan Tucker Blackburn -- Psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy and postpartum / Jeanne Watson Driscoll -- Antenatal care / Mary Lee Barron -- High-risk pregnancy -- Labor and birth / Kathleen Rice Simpson -- Fetal assessment during labor / Kathleen Rice Simpson -- Pain relief and comfort measures in labor / Patricia A. Creehan -- Postpartum care / Dotti C. James -- Newborn adaptation to extrauterine life / Debbie Askin -- Newborn physical assessment -- Newborn nutrition / Jill Janke -- Common neonatal complications / Patricia Nash and Joan Renaud Smith.

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Maternity nursing
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Neonatal Nursing
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