Online Maternal-Newborn Health Course Content for Nurse Educators

Our Maternal Newborn Health course offers comprehensive and adaptable content perfect for LPN/LVN, ADN, BSN, and Accelerated BSN programs. Whether your curriculum is traditional or accelerated, our flexible resources help faculty teach evidence-based maternal and newborn care—including pregnancy assessment, intrapartum management, postpartum recovery, and newborn health—with clarity and consistency.

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Embrace an Active Learning Approach

Break free from traditional textbooks! Our Maternal Newborn Health course delivers streamlined video lessons, NGN-style case studies, and targeted practice questions to enhance engagement and promote deeper understanding. These active learning resources help students develop clinical judgment and confidently apply key concepts across prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum recovery, and newborn assessment.

Maternal-Newborn Health Lecture Videos

Simplify instruction with concise, visual lessons designed for learner retention—perfect for teaching high-impact topics like stages of labor, fetal assessment, postpartum complications, and newborn thermoregulation.

Sample Video

Maternal-Newborn Health Lecture Videos

Illustration of Hirschsprung’s disease from a UWorld Nursing Maternal-Newborn Health lecture video.

Assign, Present, & Poll

Fetal tachycardia image from an assignment in the UWorld Nursing Maternal-Newborn Health course.

Assign, Present, & Poll

Easily launch assignments with automated grading, live presentation options, and polling features using our robust question bank tailored to maternal-newborn nursing concepts.

Sample Question

Reinforce & Remediate

Reinforce maternal-newborn concepts with UGuides—visual summaries and quick checks on topics including prenatal care, labor, postpartum recovery, and common newborn conditions. Perfect for independent review and long-term retention.

Sample UGuide

Reinforce & Remediate

Image from UWorld’s Maternal Health UGuide showing risk factors, manifestations, and complications of ectopic pregnancy.

Faculty Tools to Support Child Health Instruction

Streamline your teaching workflow with resources built specifically for nursing faculty. Evaluate student performance and stay organized throughout the term.

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  • Evaluate comprehension through a comprehensive, end-of-course final exam.
  • Support instruction with ready-to-use slides, instructor notes, and teaching tools.
  • Monitor student progress with the gradebook and customizable reports.

Maternal-Newborn Health Course Topics

This course spans the full maternal-newborn nursing curriculum, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care. Below is a representative overview of the topics included, each mapped to professional standards and AACN Essentials. Students explore pregnancy assessment, fetal monitoring, labor management, postpartum complications, lactation support, and newborn adaptation. Culturally responsive care, communication strategies, and maternal-newborn safety are integrated throughout to prepare students for practice across various clinical settings.

  • Antepartum care: prenatal assessment, gestational diabetes, hypertension in pregnancy, RhD incompatibility
  • Labor and delivery: stages of labor, induction, shoulder dystocia, Cesarean birth
  • Newborn care: newborn reflexes, thermoregulation, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, congenital anomalies
  • Postpartum nursing: postpartum hemorrhage, lactation concerns, postpartum depression and psychosis
  • Special topics: contraception, infertility, perimenopause, and care of special populations during pregnancy

Who Should Use This Course

This course is ideal for nurse educators seeking a flexible, all-in-one solution for teaching maternal and newborn care. Faculty teaching Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Obstetric (OB) Nursing, Perinatal Nursing, Women’s Health, or Family Health courses can use it to integrate NGN-style case studies, move beyond static textbooks, and improve student engagement across traditional and accelerated nursing programs.

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Your Partner Every Step of the Way

Spend more time teaching and less time troubleshooting. Our dedicated team will be with you every step of the way to provide personalized product training and implementation support.

Initial Training

Virtual or on-demand training options are available to set you up for success.

Ongoing Support

Get dedicated help throughout the term to ensure a successful implementation.

Resource Center

Access on-demand training and support resources anytime, anywhere.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Our Maternal-Newborn Health course replaces static textbooks with dynamic, date-stamped content that is regularly updated to reflect current nursing standards. Educators can trust that every video, case study, and practice question is aligned with professional standards and current evidence-based guidelines—no more outdated materials or costly textbook editions.
Yes. The course was designed as a complete textbook replacement, with concise video lectures, NGN-style case studies, and NCLEX-style practice questions featuring in-depth rationales. All content is mapped to student learning objectives and program outcomes, making it a robust foundation for maternal-newborn nursing education.
Yes. UWorld’s Maternal-Newborn Health course is a fully digital resource that includes all the essentials for teaching obstetric nursing—prenatal assessment, labor and delivery, postpartum complications, and newborn care—without the need for a physical textbook.

The course covers key topics including pregnancy complications, fetal monitoring, labor management, Cesarean births, lactation, newborn assessments, and postpartum care. It is designed to meet the needs of educators teaching OB Nursing, Women’s Health, or Perinatal Nursing.

Absolutely. The course is fully adaptable for traditional and accelerated BSN programs and LPN/LVN and ADN pathways. Faculty can assign materials flexibly to match different term lengths, instructional methods, and pacing needs.

Yes. UWorld’s Maternal-Newborn Health course features NGN-style case studies and NCLEX-style practice questions that promote clinical judgment and decision-making. This gives students the tools to succeed on the new NCLEX and in clinical practice.

Yes. All content is aligned with the AACN Essentials, including domains related to patient-centered care, safety, clinical reasoning, and equity. The course also emphasizes active learning, a key focus of the updated Essentials framework.

Faculty can access customizable PowerPoint presentations, faculty notes, item-level analytics, and a robust question bank to create assignments and live presentations. These tools are designed to save time and enhance instructional quality.

Faculty receive dedicated, ongoing support from our UWorld team. Inside the platform, instructors can access a Resource Center with on-demand training videos, implementation guides, and answers to common questions. Email and live support are also available to assist with technical or instructional needs.

Yes. Educators can request a demo to view sample video lessons, case studies, and instructor tools. This allows you to evaluate how UWorld fits into your program’s goals and teaching model.
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