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Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn Nursing: Critical Components of Nursing Care
by Connie Miller, Roberta Durham (2026) || ALL CHAPTERS|| LATEST EDITION
5th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit 1. Maternity nursing overview ......................................................................................... 3
Chapter 1: trends and issues ....................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: ethics and standards of practice issues ................................................................... 25
Unit 2. Antepartal period ..................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 3: genetics, conception, fetal development, and reproductive technology ............... 28
Chapter 4: physiological aspects of antepartum care............................................................... 47
Chapter 5: psycho-social-cultural aspects of the antepartum period .................................... 178
Chapter 6: antepartal tests ..................................................................................................... 192
Chapter 7: high-risk antepartum nursing care ........................................................................ 198
Unit 3. Intrapartal period ................................................................................................... 238
Chapter 8: intrapartum assessment and interventions .......................................................... 238
Chapter 9: fetal heart rate assessment ................................................................................... 269
Chapter 10: high-risk labor and birth ...................................................................................... 275
Chapter 11: intrapartum and postpartum care of cesarean birth families ............................ 288
Unit 4. Postpartal period.................................................................................................... 297
Chapter 12: postpartum physiological assessments and nursing carea ................................. 297
Chapter 13: transition to parenthood ..................................................................................... 314
Unit 5. Neonatal period ..................................................................................................... 344
Chapter 15: physiological and behavioral responses of the neonate ..................................... 344
Chapter 16: discharge planning and teaching ........................................................................ 365
Unit 6. Women’s health ..................................................................................................... 380
Chapter 17: high-risk neonatal nursing care ........................................................................... 380
Chapter 18: well women’s health ........................................................................................... 398
Chapter 19: alterations in women’s health ............................................................................. 416
,Unit 1. Maternity nursing overview
Chapter 1: trends and issues
Multiple choice
1. The nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor with her first child. The patient’s mother
is present for support and notes that things have changed in the delivery room since she last
gave birth in the early 1980s. Which current trend or intervention may the patient’s mother find
most different?
1. Fetal monitoring throughout labor
2. Postpartum stay of 10 days
3. Expectant partner and family in operating room for cesarean birth
4. Hospital support for breastfeeding
Accurate Answer: 4
Chapter: chapter 1 trends and issues
Chapter learning objective: 1. Discuss current trends in the management of labor and birth
page: 4
Heading: table 1-1: past and present trends integrated processes: nursing process
Client need: health promotion and maintenance cognitive level: application [applying] concept:
evidence-based practice
Difficulty: moderate
Feedback
1 this is incorrect. Fetal monitoring during labor began in the late 1970s. As such,
This likely would have occurred during the mother’s labor and delivery during the 1980s.
, 2 this is incorrect. In the past, the average hospital postpartum stay was 10 days.
Presently, the average postpartum stay is 48 hours or less.
3 this is incorrect. In the past, expectant partners and families were excluded from the
labor and birth experience. Present trends involve the expectant partner and family in the labor
and birth experience, including presence in the operating
Room for cesarean births.
4 this is correct. Hospital support for breastfeeding, including a lactation consultant and
employment of the baby-friendly hospital initiative, were both
Enacted during the early 1990s.
Pts: 1 con: evidence-based practice
2. A patient with a history of hypertension is giving birth. During delivery, the staff was not
able to stabilize the patient’s blood pressure. As a result, the patient died shortly after delivery.
This is an example of what type of death?
1. Early maternal death
2. Late maternal death
3. Direct obstetric death
4. Indirect obstetric death
Accurate Answer: 4
Feedback
1 this is incorrect. Early maternal death is not an example of maternal death.
Examples of maternal death include late maternal death, indirect obstetric death, direct
obstetric death, and pregnancy-related death.
2 this is incorrect. Late maternal death occurs 42 days after termination of
Pregnancy from a direct or indirect obstetric cause.
3 this is incorrect. Direct obstetric death results from complications during
Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn Nursing: Critical Components of Nursing Care
by Connie Miller, Roberta Durham (2026) || ALL CHAPTERS|| LATEST EDITION
5th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit 1. Maternity nursing overview ......................................................................................... 3
Chapter 1: trends and issues ....................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: ethics and standards of practice issues ................................................................... 25
Unit 2. Antepartal period ..................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 3: genetics, conception, fetal development, and reproductive technology ............... 28
Chapter 4: physiological aspects of antepartum care............................................................... 47
Chapter 5: psycho-social-cultural aspects of the antepartum period .................................... 178
Chapter 6: antepartal tests ..................................................................................................... 192
Chapter 7: high-risk antepartum nursing care ........................................................................ 198
Unit 3. Intrapartal period ................................................................................................... 238
Chapter 8: intrapartum assessment and interventions .......................................................... 238
Chapter 9: fetal heart rate assessment ................................................................................... 269
Chapter 10: high-risk labor and birth ...................................................................................... 275
Chapter 11: intrapartum and postpartum care of cesarean birth families ............................ 288
Unit 4. Postpartal period.................................................................................................... 297
Chapter 12: postpartum physiological assessments and nursing carea ................................. 297
Chapter 13: transition to parenthood ..................................................................................... 314
Unit 5. Neonatal period ..................................................................................................... 344
Chapter 15: physiological and behavioral responses of the neonate ..................................... 344
Chapter 16: discharge planning and teaching ........................................................................ 365
Unit 6. Women’s health ..................................................................................................... 380
Chapter 17: high-risk neonatal nursing care ........................................................................... 380
Chapter 18: well women’s health ........................................................................................... 398
Chapter 19: alterations in women’s health ............................................................................. 416
,Unit 1. Maternity nursing overview
Chapter 1: trends and issues
Multiple choice
1. The nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor with her first child. The patient’s mother
is present for support and notes that things have changed in the delivery room since she last
gave birth in the early 1980s. Which current trend or intervention may the patient’s mother find
most different?
1. Fetal monitoring throughout labor
2. Postpartum stay of 10 days
3. Expectant partner and family in operating room for cesarean birth
4. Hospital support for breastfeeding
Accurate Answer: 4
Chapter: chapter 1 trends and issues
Chapter learning objective: 1. Discuss current trends in the management of labor and birth
page: 4
Heading: table 1-1: past and present trends integrated processes: nursing process
Client need: health promotion and maintenance cognitive level: application [applying] concept:
evidence-based practice
Difficulty: moderate
Feedback
1 this is incorrect. Fetal monitoring during labor began in the late 1970s. As such,
This likely would have occurred during the mother’s labor and delivery during the 1980s.
, 2 this is incorrect. In the past, the average hospital postpartum stay was 10 days.
Presently, the average postpartum stay is 48 hours or less.
3 this is incorrect. In the past, expectant partners and families were excluded from the
labor and birth experience. Present trends involve the expectant partner and family in the labor
and birth experience, including presence in the operating
Room for cesarean births.
4 this is correct. Hospital support for breastfeeding, including a lactation consultant and
employment of the baby-friendly hospital initiative, were both
Enacted during the early 1990s.
Pts: 1 con: evidence-based practice
2. A patient with a history of hypertension is giving birth. During delivery, the staff was not
able to stabilize the patient’s blood pressure. As a result, the patient died shortly after delivery.
This is an example of what type of death?
1. Early maternal death
2. Late maternal death
3. Direct obstetric death
4. Indirect obstetric death
Accurate Answer: 4
Feedback
1 this is incorrect. Early maternal death is not an example of maternal death.
Examples of maternal death include late maternal death, indirect obstetric death, direct
obstetric death, and pregnancy-related death.
2 this is incorrect. Late maternal death occurs 42 days after termination of
Pregnancy from a direct or indirect obstetric cause.
3 this is incorrect. Direct obstetric death results from complications during
