Varney's Midwifery
Phillippi, Kantrowitz-Gordon · 7th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Varney's Midwifery (7th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 39 chapters.
Overview
Varney's Midwifery (7th Edition) is the profession's foundational comprehensive text, and its 39 chapters across seven parts move from the context of midwifery care through every phase of the reproductive life span. This study guide is written from scratch to follow that same structure, so you review in the same order Phillippi and Kantrowitz-Gordon present the material and always know where a topic belongs. For every chapter you get a plain-English summary of the key concepts, learning objectives laid out up front, and exam-style practice questions with a full rationale for every answer, so it teaches you why each choice is right or wrong rather than just handing you a key. You'll start with the professional foundations of midwifery, then move through primary care — health promotion, common conditions, nutrition, and mental health — before covering sexual, gynecologic, and reproductive health care in depth, including contraception, gender-affirming care, and menopause. From there you'll work through the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods in sequence, covering anatomy and physiology, assessment, complications, and birth settings, before finishing with newborn anatomy, feeding, assessment, and care. Every chapter is matched to how the 7th Edition organizes the material so your review stays aligned with the ACNM core competencies and clinical rotations. As you study you'll practice the full-scope clinical reasoning midwifery certification exams test, moving fluently between primary care, gynecology, and the entire childbearing cycle, and getting comfortable with how much the anatomy-and-physiology chapter at the start of each part sets up everything that follows it. Whether you're prepping for a certification exam or using this as a running reference through your program, 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 midwifery education programs and AMCB certification preparation — the practice questions mirror how full-scope midwifery clinical reasoning is tested on the certification exam.
- 1,170+ practice questions
- 39 chapters
- ~120 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Professional foundations of midwifery
- Primary care and health promotion across the lifespan
- Reproductive anatomy, sexuality, and contraception
- Gender-affirming care and menopause
- Antepartum anatomy, physiology, and prenatal care
- Pregnancy complications and medical conditions
- Labor and birth management
- Fetal assessment during labor
- Postpartum anatomy, care, and complications
- Newborn anatomy, physiology, and assessment
- Infant feeding and lactation
- ACNM core competencies alignment
Need the textbook itself?
The textbook itself, edited by Julia C. Phillippi and Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon (Jones & Bartlett Learning), is the profession's foundational comprehensive midwifery text spanning primary care through the full childbearing cycle.
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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 39 chapters of Varney's Midwifery (7th 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 7th Edition specifically?
Yes — it's built around the 7th Edition, following its seven-part, 39-chapter structure. If your program uses an earlier edition, most content still lines up, though editors and some chapters have changed across editions.
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 exam-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 7th 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 Varney's Midwifery — 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 Varney's Midwifery (7th Edition) by Phillippi, Kantrowitz-Gordon. 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.