The only comprehensive source of current, evidence-based guidelines for nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and other health professionals who provide prenatal and postpartum care in outpatient settings, this clinical reference covers the latest health care guidelines.

Preconception counseling and care -- Screening for genetic disorders and genetic counseling : preconception and early pregnancy -- The first prenatal visit -- Ongoing prenatal care -- Medication use in pregnancy -- Antenatal fetal surveillance -- Postpartum care in the ambulatory setting -- Postpartum complications -- Oral health and oral health problems in pregnancy -- Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy -- Respiratory illness during pregnancy : upper respiratory infection, influenza, and asthma -- Asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infection in pregnancy -- Vaginitis and sexually transmitted infections -- Dermatoses of pregnancy -- First-trimester bleeding and pregnancy loss -- Gestational diabetes mellitus -- Obesity and pregnancy -- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy -- Preterm labor -- HIV-1 and pregnancy: screening, diagnosis, and management -- Zika virus and pregnancy -- Disaster planning for pregnant and postpartum women and their infant.