Maternity and Newborn Nursing

What the resources cover

This unit follows care from pregnancy through birth, the postpartum period and the first days of a baby's life. The quizzes include OB-Postpartum NCLEX Questions, which opens with a postpartum assessment case involving a boggy fundus, and OB-Newborn NCLEX Questions, which asks which clients are most likely to have a newborn at risk. Mind maps look at breastfeeding, postpartum depression and pregnancy induced hypertension. Flashcards cover midwifery abbreviations, hand expression, cup feeding and syringe feeding. Slides cover newborn complications such as jaundice and sepsis.

Where to start

If you are preparing for NCLEX, begin with the two NCLEX quizzes. Read the rationales as well as the answers, because they show why a choice is right.

1. Take OB-Postpartum NCLEX Questions and note what you missed.
2. Open the matching mind map, such as Postpartum Depression, to fill the gap.
3. Move to OB-Newborn NCLEX Questions, then the Newborn Complications slides.
4. Use the Midwifery abbreviations deck to learn the shorthand you will meet in cases.

Using quizzes and maps together

A quiz shows what you do not yet know. A mind map shows how the pieces connect. After a quiz, find the map on the same topic and trace the missed idea back to its causes and actions. The breastfeeding mind map, for example, branches into positioning, attachment, hand expressing and problems such as thrush, mastitis, engorgement and nipple trauma. Then return to the quiz and see what changed.

Where this unit sits

Maternity and Newborn Nursing belongs to the Lifespan and Specialty Nursing strand of the Nursing subject. The material comes from many contributors, so styles and terms vary, and some resources follow textbook chapters or course sessions. Teachers can pick a single quiz or deck to assign as ready-made material.

Choose one topic today, try its quiz, and then build a map or a flashcard deck of your own.