UNIT 1: Introduction to Maternity & Women’s Health Nursing

• 1. Contemporary Maternity Nursing and Women's Health Care

• 2. Community Care: The Family and Culture

• 3. Genetics

• 4. Alternative & Complementary Therapies

UNIT 2: Women’s Health

• 5. Assessment & Health Promotion

• 6. Violence Against Women

• 7. Reproductive System Concerns

• 8. Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections

• 9. Contraception and Abortion

• 10. Infertility

• 11. Problems of the Breast

• 12. Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System

UNIT 3: Pregnancy

• 13. Conception and Fetal Development

• 14. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy

• 15. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition

• 16. Nursing Care During Pregnancy

• 17. Childbirth and Perinatal Education

UNIT 4: Childbirth

• 18. Labor and Birth Processes

• 19. Management of Discomfort

• 20. Fetal Assessment During Labor

• 21. Nursing Care During Labor

UNIT 5: Postpartum

• 22. Postpartum Physiology

• 23. Nursing Care of the Postpartum Woman

• 24. Transition to Parenthood

UNIT 6: The Newborn

• 25. Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn

• 26. Nursing Care of the Newborn

• 27. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding

• 28. Care of the Newborn at Home

UNIT 7: Complications of Pregnancy

• 29. Assessment for Risk Factors

• 30. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

• 31. Antepartal Hemorrhagic Disorders

• 32. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

• 33. Medical-Surgical Problems in Pregnancy

• 34. Obstetric Critical Care

• 35. Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse

• 36. Labor and Birth Complications

• 37. Postpartum Complications

UNIT 8: Newborn Complications

• 38. Acquired Problems of the Newborn

• 39. Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies

• 40. Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn

• 41. Grieving the Loss of a Newborn