Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Womens Health Nursing
Ricci · 6th Edition · ISBN 9781975245511 · Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Womens Health Nursing (6th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 24 chapters.
Overview
Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing (6th Edition) by Ricci is a core maternal-newborn text, organized to follow the childbearing experience and women's health across the lifespan. This study guide follows it chapter by chapter, in the same order your faculty teach, focusing on the high-yield content that maternity exams and the NCLEX demand. You get perspectives on maternal, newborn, and women's health nursing; reproductive anatomy and physiology, common reproductive issues, STIs, and the newborn with special needs or congenital conditions. It is an independent, aligned study guide, not the textbook or a copy of it. Use it to consolidate the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn content that course exams and NCLEX maternity questions reward.
Aligned with maternal-newborn and women's health nursing courses; the review reinforces the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn content tested on course exams and the maternity portion of the NCLEX-RN.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Reproductive anatomy and physiology
- Common reproductive issues
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Fetal development and genetics
- Maternal adaptation in pregnancy
- Nursing management during pregnancy
- Labor and birth process
- Postpartum adaptations and care
- Newborn transitioning and care
- High-risk pregnancy complications
- Labor and birth at risk
- Newborn at risk
- Women's health across the lifespan
Need the textbook itself?
Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing (6th Edition) by Susan Scott Ricci, published by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), is a widely assigned maternity text known for its clear, student-friendly coverage of the childbearing cycle and women's health across the lifespan.
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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 24 chapters of Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Womens Health 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 cover the at-risk pregnancy and newborn chapters?
Yes. It reviews the high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn content, which is heavily tested on maternity exams and the NCLEX.
Does it match the 6th edition?
Yes. It follows the 6th edition's organization from women's health and reproductive basics through the normal childbearing cycle to the at-risk chapters.
Is this the textbook?
No. It is an independent, aligned study guide used alongside the textbook and your course materials.
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.
What if it is not what I expected?
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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 Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Womens Health 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 Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Womens Health Nursing (6th Edition) by Ricci. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.