Table of Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MATERNAL-NEWBORN NURSING 1. Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing 2. Families, Cultures, and Complementary Therapies PART II: WOMEN’S HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 3. Health Promotion 4. Family Planning 5. Commonly Occurring Infections 6. Women’s Health Problems 7. Social Issues 8. Violence Against Women PART III: HUMAN REPRODUCTION 9. Reproductive Physiology, Conception, and Fetal Development 10. Reproductive Genetics PART IV: PREGNANCY 11. Physical and Psychologic Changes of Pregnancy 12. Antepartum Nursing Assessment 13. The Expectant Family: Needs and Care 14. Maternal Nutrition 15. Pregnancy in Selected Populations 16. Assessment of Fetal Well-Being 17. Pregnancy at Risk: Pregestational Problems 18. Pregnancy at Risk: Gestational Onset PART V: LABOR AND BIRTH 19. Processes and Stages of Labor and Birth 20. Intrapartum Nursing Assessment 21. The Family in Childbirth: Needs and Care 22. Pharmacologic Pain Management 23. Childbirth at Risk: Prelabor Onset Complications 24. Childbirth at Risk: Labor-Related Complications 25. Birth-Related Procedures PART VI: THE NEWBORN 26. Physiologic Responses of the Newborn to Birth 27. Nursing Assessment of the Newborn 28. The Normal Newborn: Needs and Care 29. Newborn Nutrition 30. The Newborn at Risk: Conditions Present at Birth 31. The Newborn at Risk: Birth-Related Stressors PART VII: POSTPARTUM 32. Postpartum Adaptation and Nursing Assessment 33. The Postpartum Family: Needs and Care 34. Home Care of the Postpartum Family 35. The Postpartum Family at Risk 36. Grief and Loss in the Childbearing Family Old’s Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women’s Health, 11e(Davidson/London/Ladewig) Chapter 1 Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing 1) The nurse is speaking to students about changes in maternal-newborn care. One change is that self-care has gained wide acceptance with clients and the healthcarecommunity due to research findings that suggest that it has which effect? A) Shortens newborn length of stay B) Decreases use of home health agencies C) Decreases healthcare costs D) Decreases the number of emergency department visits Answer: C Explanation: A) Length of stay is often determined by third-party payer (insurance company) policies as well as the physiologic stability of the mother and newborn. Home healthcare agencies often are involved in client care to decrease hospital staytime. B) Home healthcare agencies often are involved in client care to decrease hospitalstay time. C) Research indicates that self-care significantly decreases healthcare costs. D) Acute emergencies are addressed by emergency departments, and are notdelayed by those practicing self-care. Page Ref: 3 Cognitive Level: Understanding Client Need/Sub: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Self-Care Standards: QSEN Competencies: Ⅰ.A.2. Describe strategies to empower patients orfamilies in all aspects of the healthcare process. | AACN Essentials Competencies: Ⅸ .7. Provide appropriate patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in their care. | NLN Competencies: Context and Environment: Health careeconomic policy; reimbursement structures; accreditation standards; staffing models and productivity; supply chain models | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process:Planning. Learning Outcome: 1 Discuss the impact of the self-care movement on contemporary childbirth. MNL LO: Recognize contemporary issues related to care of the childbearing family.