Maternal-Child Nursing
McKinney, James · 6th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Maternal-Child Nursing (6th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 55 chapters.
Overview
Maternal-Child Nursing (6th Edition) covers the whole span from maternity and women's health through pediatric nursing, and its 55 chapters make it one of the largest texts in the sequence. This study guide is written from scratch to match the book chapter for chapter, so you review in the same order McKinney and James present the material and never lose track of where a topic fits. Each chapter gives you a plain-English summary of the key concepts, the learning objectives laid out up front, and NCLEX-style practice questions with a full rationale for every answer, so you understand why each option is right or wrong instead of memorizing a key. The opening unit introduces maternal-child health nursing, the nurse's role, the childbearing and child-rearing family, communication, and health promotion across every developmental stage. The maternity unit then works through reproductive anatomy, conception and prenatal development, adaptations to pregnancy, nutrition, prenatal testing, giving birth, fetal surveillance, pain management, obstetric procedures, postpartum adaptations, the normal and high-risk newborn, pregnancy complications, and women's health care. The pediatric unit moves through physical assessment, emergency and hospital care, chronic conditions, medication safety, pain management, and the body-system chapters covering fluid and electrolyte, infectious, immunologic, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, respiratory, cardiovascular, hematologic, oncologic, integumentary, musculoskeletal, endocrine, neurologic, psychosocial, developmental, and sensory alterations. Every unit is matched to the 6th Edition's numbering so your review stays in sync with lecture. As you study you'll practice prioritizing care, spotting complications early, and answering the application and analysis questions the NCLEX favors across maternal and pediatric content. Whether you're prepping for a unit exam, a final, or reviewing before the licensure exam, this printable companion is built to be highlighted, annotated, and kept for the whole program. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned with combined maternal-child nursing courses and written in an NCLEX-RN style — the practice questions mirror how maternity and pediatric content are tested on course exams and the licensure exam.
- 1,650+ practice questions
- 55 chapters
- ~165 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Foundations of maternal-child health nursing
- Health promotion across developmental stages
- Reproductive anatomy and adaptations to pregnancy
- Nutrition for childbearing
- Prenatal diagnostic testing
- Giving birth and intrapartum surveillance
- Pain management for childbirth
- Postpartum adaptations and complications
- Normal and high-risk newborn care
- Women's health care
- Pediatric physical assessment and pain
- Pediatric body-system alterations
- Chronic conditions and psychosocial problems
Need the textbook itself?
The textbook itself, by Emily Slone McKinney, Susan R. James, and colleagues (Elsevier), is a comprehensive maternal-child text covering maternity, women's health, and pediatric nursing in one volume.
Buy new, rent, or find a used copy of Maternal-Child Nursing below. Make sure you get the 6th Edition — editions differ, so double-check the ISBN on the listing before you order. We earn a small commission if you buy through these links — your price is unchanged.
Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 55 chapters of Maternal-Child Nursing (6th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
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Does this match the 6th Edition specifically?
Yes — it's built around the 6th Edition, following its chapter numbering and unit structure. If your course uses an earlier edition, most concepts still line up, though a few chapters may be renumbered.
Is this the textbook or a study guide?
It's an original, independently written study guide that reviews the same topics in the same order — plain-English summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. It does not reproduce the textbook and isn't affiliated with the publisher.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 6th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Maternal-Child Nursing — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Maternal-Child Nursing (6th Edition) by McKinney, James. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by the publisher or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.