Includes glossary Includes CD-ROM in paper sleeve on back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trends and issues -- Ethics and standards of practice issues -- Genetics, conception, fetal development, and reproductive technology -- Physiological aspects of antepartum care -- Psycho-social-cultural aspects of the antepartum period -- Antepartal tests -- High-risk antepartum nursing care -- Intrapartum assessment and interventions -- Fetal heart rate assessment -- High-risk labor and birth -- Intrapartum and postpartum care of Cesarean birth families -- Postpartum physiological assessments and nursing care -- The transition to parenthood -- High-risk postpartum nursing care -- Physiological and behavorial responses of the neonate -- Discharge planning and teaching -- High-risk neonatal nursing care.