Part I: Midwifery

1: The Profession and History of Midwifery in the United States
2: Basics of Management of Care

Part II: Primary Care of Women

3: Cultural Competence in Midwifery Practice
4: International Midwifery and Safe Motherhood
5: Health Maintenance
6: Nutrition in Women’s Health
7: Primary Care and Midwifery
8: Chronic Infectious Diseases
9: Women and Exercise
10: Pharmacology and Midwifery
11: Health Issues of Lesbian and Bisexual Women (Zeidenstein)
12: Substance Abuse
13: Health Care of Midlife and Aging Women

Part III: Reproductive Health Care

14: Common Diagnoses in Women’s Reproductive Health
15: Infections of the Genital Tract
16: Family Planning
17: Natural Methods of Family Planning
18: Non-Hormonal Contraceptive Methods
19: Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices
20: Hormonal Contraception

Part IV: Antepartal Care

21: Normal Pregnancy Data Base: Adaptations of the Mother, Development and Growth of the Embryo and the Fetus, and the Placenta
22: Management Plan for Normal Pregnancy
23: Fetal Assessment
24: Screening for and Collaborative Management of Antepartal Complications
25: Complications of Gestational Age Assessment and the Post Date Pregnancy
26: The Normal First Stage of Labor

Part V: Intrapartal Care

27: Fetal Assessment in Labor
28: The Normal Second Stage of Labor
29: Screening for and Collaborative Management of Selected Complications During the First and Second Stages of Labor
30: Management of Selected Obstetric Complications and Deviations from Normal
31: The Normal Third Stage of Labor
32: Third Stage Complications and Management
33: The Normal Fourth Stage of Labor
34: Management of Immediate Postpartum Hemorrhage
35: Birth in the Home and Birth Center (Bailes and Jackson)

Part VI: Newborn Care

36: Physiological Transition to Extrauterine Life
37: Immediate Care and Assessment of the Healthy Newborn
38: Resuscitation at Birth
39: Examination of the Newborn
40: Primary Care of the Newborn: the First 6 Weeks
41: Recognition and Immediate Care of Sick Newborns

Part VII: Postpartal Care

42: The Normal Puerperium
43: Infant Feeding Methods
44: Screening for and Midwifery Management of Puerperal Abnormality

Part VIII: Skills

45: Universal Precautions
46: Finger Puncture
47: Venipuncture
48: Inserting an Intravenous Catheter
49: Giving Intravenous Medications
50: Spin-Down Hematocrit
51: Removal of Norplant
52: Breast Examination
53: Obstetric Abdominal Examination
54: Checking for Costovertebral Angle Tenderness (CVAT)
55: Checking for Deep Tendon Reflexes and Clonus
56: Pelvic Examination
57: Obtaining a Specimen for Papanicolaou (Pap) Diagnostic Evaluation
58: Obtaining a Specimen for Gonococcal (GC) and Chlamydia Diagnostic Testing
59: Making a Wet Smear Slide of Vaginal Secretions
60: Using a Microscope
61: Anatomy of the Pelvis, Pelvis Types, Evaluation of the Bony Pelvis, and Clinical Pelvimetry
62: Breast Massage, Manual Expression, and Nipple Rolling
63: Injection of Intradermal Sterile Water Papules for Relief of Low Back Pain in Labor
64: Attaching a Fetal Scalp Electrode
65: Inserting an Intrauterine Pressure Catheter; Amnioinfusion
66: Perineal Prep (Cleaning)
67: Second Stage Pushing
68: Pudenal Block
69: Local Infiltration
70: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in Lithotomy or Modified Lithotomy Position
71: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in Dorsal Position
72: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in the Hands and Knees Position
73: Hand Maneuvers for Birth of a Baby with the Mother in the Squatting or Supported Squat Position
74: Inspection of the Placenta, Membrances, and Cord
75: Postbirth Inspection of the Cervix and Upper Vaginal Vault
76: Manual Removal of the Placenta
77: Fourth Stage Intrauterine Exploration
78: Bimanual Compression
79: Cutting an Episiotomy and Repairing Episiotomies and Lacerations
80: Physical Examination of the Newborn
81: Circumcision

82: Endometrial Biopsy