Generations of nurses were introduced to maternity nursing with this classic text. Designed to provide the in-depth, basic knowledge necessary to deliver competent, culturally sensitive, family-centered nursing care, the ninth edition of MATERNITY NURSING: AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the rapidly changing world of maternal-newborn health care in the twenty-first century. Full-color illustration and photos. Basic information on Nursing Interventions Classifications (NIC)and Nursing Outcome Classifications (NOC). Skills that teach basic techniques performed by LPN/LVNs in maternity nursing settings.