Overview of maternal and pediatric health care -- 1. The nurse's role in a changing maternal-child health care environment -- 2. Family-centered and community-based maternal and pediatric nursing -- Foundations of maternity nursing -- 3. Structure and function of the reproductive system -- 4. Special issues of women's health care and reproduction -- Pregnancy -- 5. Fetal development -- 6. Maternal adaptation during pregnancy -- 7. Prenatal care -- Labor and birth -- 8. The labor process -- 9. Pain management during labor and birth -- 10. Nursing care during labor and birth -- 11. Assisted delivery and cesarean birth -- Postpartum and newborn -- 12. The postpartum woman -- 13. Nursing assessment of newborn transition -- 14. Nursing care of the normal newborn -- 15. Newborn nutrition -- Childbearing at risk -- 16. Pregnancy at risk: conditions that complicate pregnancy -- 17. Pregnancy at risk: pregnancy-related complications -- 18. Labor at risk -- 19. Postpartum woman at risk -- 20. The newborn at risk: gestational and acquired disorders -- 21. The newborn at risk: congenital disorders -- Health promotion for normal growth and development -- 22. Principles of growth and development -- 23. Growth and development of the infant: 28 days to 1 year -- 24. Growth and development of the toddler: 1 to 3 years -- 25. Growth and development of the preschool child: 3 to 6 years -- 26. Growth and development of the school-aged child: 6 to 10 years -- 27. Growth and development of the adolescent: 11 to 18 years -- Foundations of pediatric nursing -- 28. Assessment of the child (data collection) -- 29. Care of the hospitalized child -- 30. Procedures and treatments -- 31. Medication administration and intravenous therapy -- Special concerns of pediatric nursing -- 32. The child with a chronic health problem -- 33. Abuse in the family -- 34. The dying child -- The child with a health disorder -- 35. The child with a sensory/neurological disorder -- 36. The child with a respiratory disorder -- 37. The child with a cardiovascular/hematologic disorder -- 38. The child with a gastrointestinal/endocrine disorder -- 39. The child with a genitourinary disorder -- 40. The child with a musculoskeletal disorder -- 41. The child with a integumentary disorder/communicable diseases -- 42. The child with a psychosocial disorder -- Appendix A: Standard and transmission-based precautions -- Appendix B: NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses -- Appendix C: The joint commission's "do not use" abbrevations, acronyms, and symbols -- Appendix D: Good sources of essential nutrients -- Appendix E: Breast-feeding and medication use -- Appendix F: Cervical dilation chart -- Appendix G: Growth charts -- Appendix H: Pulse, respiration, and blood pressure values for children -- Appendix I: Temperature and weight conversion charts -- Appendix J: Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedules -- Glossary -- English-spanish glossary -- References and suggested readings -- Index