Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
Susan Ricci, Terri Kyle, Susan Carman · 5th Edition · ISBN 9781975220419 · Wolters Kluwer (LWW)
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 51 chapters.
Overview
Ricci's Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Edition) covers two of the most content-dense areas of a nursing program in a single text, spanning women's health, pregnancy and birth, the newborn, and the care of children from infancy through adolescence. There is a lot to keep straight — anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum management, high-risk pregnancy and at-risk newborns, plus growth and development and the pediatric nursing care of conditions affecting comfort, infection, neurologic, sensory, and respiratory systems. This study guide is built to match the textbook chapter for chapter, so you review in the same order your professor teaches and can connect the maternity and pediatric content the way the course presents it. It is an independent, aligned study guide — not the textbook and not a copy of it — focused on the priority assessments, nursing management steps, and NCLEX-style practice that mirror how OB and peds are actually tested, so you can review high-yield material efficiently for exams.
Aligned with undergraduate maternal-newborn and pediatric nursing courses and written in an NCLEX-RN style, so the questions and rationales mirror how OB and peds are tested on course exams and the licensure exam.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Female reproductive anatomy and physiology
- Nursing management during pregnancy
- Labor and birth process
- Postpartum adaptations and care
- Newborn transitioning and assessment
- High-risk pregnancy complications
- At-risk newborn conditions
- Growth and development by age
- Pediatric health assessment
- Pain assessment in children
- Pediatric respiratory disorders
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Gynecologic and breast disorders
- Atraumatic care of children
Need the textbook itself?
By Susan Ricci, Terri Kyle, and Susan Carman and published by Wolters Kluwer (LWW), Maternity and Pediatric Nursing combines women's health, childbearing, and child health in one text and is widely assigned for combined OB-peds courses.
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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 51 chapters of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
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Does this cover both the maternity and pediatric halves of the book?
Yes. It follows the 5th Edition (ISBN 9781975220419) across both the maternal-newborn and pediatric chapters so you can review the full combined course.
Is this written for the NCLEX?
The practice questions and rationales are NCLEX-RN style, which is how OB and peds content is tested on both course exams and the licensure exam.
Can I use it for just the peds portion of my course?
Absolutely. The chapters are organized so you can jump straight to growth and development and the pediatric care chapters if that is what your exam covers.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 5th 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 Maternity and Pediatric 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 Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Edition) by Susan Ricci, Terri Kyle, Susan Carman. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer (LWW) or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.