pt. 1. Foundations for nursing care of childbearing families -- Maternity and women's health care today -- Social, ethical, band legal issues -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Hereditary and environmental influences on childbearing -- pt. 2. The family before birth -- Conception and prenatal development -- Maternal adaptations to pregnancy --Antepartum assessment, care, and education -- Nutrition for childbearing -- Assessing the fetus -- Complications of pregnancy -- The childbearing family with special needs -- pt. 3. The family during birth -- Processes of birth -- Nursing care during labor and birth -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Pain management during childbirth -- Nursing care during obstetric procedures -- pt. 4. The family during birth -- Processes of birth -- Pain management during childbirth -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance --- Nursing care during labor and birth -- Intrapartum complications -- pt. 5. -- The family following birth -- Postpartum adaptations and nursing care -- Postpartum maternal complications -- Normal newborn: processes of adaptation -- Assessment of the normal newborn -- Care of the normal newborn -- Infant feeding -- High-risk newborn: complications associated with gestational age and development -- High-risk newborn: acquired and congenital conditions -- pt. 5. Women's health care -- Family planning -- Infertility -- Women's health.