Maternal-Newborn Nursing

Course: Maternal-Newborn Nursing

Prerequisites: Medical Surgical Nursing I, Pharmacology II.

Description:

This course has 1000+ Interactive Practice Exam Questions with Rationales. It focuses on the nursing care of women throughout the childbirth continuum (antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum) and the care of the healthy newborn. Additional topics include women’s health promotion, reproductive health, and common gynecological concerns. Clinical experiences occur in labor & delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery, and outpatient women’s health settings.

Topics Covered:

01. Reproductive Health, Family Planning, and Infertility

02. Genetics and Genetic Counseling

03. Normal Pregnancy: Antepartum Assessment, Fetal Development, Prenatal Care

04. Complications of Pregnancy (e.g., Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes)

05. Labor and Delivery: Stages of Labor, Pain Management, Nursing Support

06. Obstetric Procedures and Emergencies (e.g., C-Section, Postpartum Hemorrhage)

07. Postpartum Care: Physiological and Psychological Adaptation, Breastfeeding Support

08. Newborn Care: Immediate Stabilization, Assessment (APGAR), Thermoregulation, Feeding

09. Common Newborn Conditions: Jaundice, Infections

10. Women’s Health: Screening (Pap, Mammogram), Menstrual Disorders, Menopause

Enrolled by

3 students

What You’ll Learn?

Provide comprehensive, culturally sensitive nursing care to women across the reproductive lifespan, from preconception counseling and family planning through pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and menopause.

Conduct thorough assessments of the pregnant woman (antepartum), laboring woman (intrapartum), and postpartum woman, identifying normal physiological changes, deviations from normal, and potential complications.

Demonstrate competency in caring for a woman during all stages of labor and delivery, including non-pharmacological and pharmacological pain management techniques, continuous fetal monitoring interpretation, and immediate postpartum care.

Perform a comprehensive assessment and provide evidence-based care for the healthy newborn immediately after birth and throughout the neonatal period, including stabilization, thermoregulation, feeding support, and screening for abnormalities.

Develop and implement individualized patient education plans for prenatal health promotion, preparation for childbirth, newborn care, breastfeeding support, and postpartum recovery.

Recognize and initiate appropriate nursing interventions for common obstetric and newborn complications, such as preeclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, neonatal jaundice, and infants of diabetic mothers.

Apply principles of family-centered care by involving support persons in the care process, respecting cultural beliefs and practices, and facilitating parent-newborn bonding.

1 Lesson1 Quiz

Chapter 10: Women’s Health

Quiz

Certification

Choose from a list of project topics or create your own project idea that incorporates all skills learned (e.g., a mini-banking system, personal expense tracker, or inventory manager).