An overview of nursing care during labor and delivery / Carolyn Pedigo DeLoach -- Assessing uterine activity and fetal response / Janet S. Malinowski -- Mechanisms of labor / Janet S. Malinowski -- Using labor graphs to guide nursing care / Janet S. Malinowski -- Nursing care during labor stimulation / Janet S. Malinowski -- Caring for women experiencing premature and post-term labors / Janet S. Malinowski -- Pain relief via drugs during labor and delivery / Carolyn Pedigo DeLoach -- Prepared childbirth / Patricia D. Williams -- Alternatives in childbirth / Joyce Bagrowski McCabe