Maternal-Newborn Nursing

Study Guide

Focus on normal vs abnormal findings during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Know the nursing priorities for each stage.

Antepartum

• prenatal-care — Assessments, nutrition, fetal monitoring
• gestational-diabetes — Screening, management
• preeclampsia — Assessment, magnesium sulfate
• placenta-previa — Painless bleeding, management
• placental-abruption — Painful bleeding, emergency

Intrapartum

• stages-of-labor — Four stages, nursing interventions
• fetal-monitoring — FHR patterns, variability
• cesarean-birth — Indications, nursing care

Postpartum

• postpartum-assessment — BUBBLE-HE mnemonic
• postpartum-hemorrhage — Causes (4 T’s), interventions
• breastfeeding — Latch, positioning, complications

Newborn

• newborn-assessment — APGAR, gestational age
• newborn-complications — Jaundice, hypoglycemia, RDS