Designed for Nurse Educators

Maternal Newborn Nursing for Nurse Educators

Maternal Health Curriculum Support, Simplified

UWorld Maternal/Newborn Nursing is a modular digital course built to complement traditional maternal/newborn textbooks, giving faculty ready-to-use teaching resources and students structured learning support across the full scope of maternal/newborn nursing.

Topics

783+

Practice Questions

189+

NGN-style items

NEW

Maternal & Newborn Course Book

Support instruction with a focused print companion that reinforces essential maternal and newborn concepts alongside the digital course.
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Why Programs Are Shifting

Maternal Nursing Courses Need More Than a Traditional Textbook

Limited obstetric clinical experiences, evolving NCLEX expectations, and the need to connect learning across the perinatal continuum are driving demand for digital maternal/newborn course resources over traditional ones.

Perinatal Disconnect

Limited OB Clinical

Higher Safety Stakes

What’s Included

Everything Your Maternal Newborn Course Needs, in One Connected System

UWorld's Maternal/Newborn course gives faculty a complete teaching package built around the priority recognition and family-centered communication OB nursing demands.

OB Video Lectures

OB video lectures span the full perinatal continuum, from prenatal care to newborn assessment, fetal monitoring, and OB complications.

Focused segments with clear objectives
Annotated visuals: anatomy, FHR strips, newborn transition
Assignable by topic, module, or full course

Feedback After Every Lecture

Short OB quizzes confirm comprehension before students move into deeper application.

Aligned to lecture objectives
Built for low-stakes formative use
Reported in the faculty dashboard

Slides, Ready to Teach

Ready-to-teach OB decks faculty can adapt to any course sequence.

Editable and brandable
Aligned to lectures and UGuides
Designed for OB course pacing

Teach Confidently On Day One

Teaching notes covering OB pitfalls, maternal warning signs, fetal monitoring, and family-centered communication.

Aligned to each lecture and slide deck
Highlights OB prioritization and safety
Supports clinical instructor onboarding

Visual OB Study Guides

Structured, visual study guides that connect content across the full perinatal continuum.

Concept-based and continuum-organized
Visuals, tables, and OB-specific decision aids
Linked to practice and NGN case studies

Build Clinical OB Reasoning

OB practice questions that move students from terminology into clinical reasoning.

Scenarios across the full perinatal continuum
Rationales with images, FHR strips, and growth references
Aligned to OB prioritization and safety

Real OB Scenarios, All Steps

Evolving OB scenarios: a laboring patient with complications, a postpartum hemorrhage risk, a newborn with transition concerns.

Bowtie, matrix, drag-and-drop, and cloze items
OB-specific evolving scenarios across the continuum
Linked to the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model

No Item Writing Required

Faculty-only OB items for formative checks, in-class activities, and section assessments.

Faculty-only access
Reusable across sections and semesters
Editable assignment settings

Built for Curriculum Review

End-of-unit and end-of-course OB assessments with reporting built for accreditation and curriculum review.

Auto-graded with detailed reporting
Supports program-level benchmarking

Visualize Maternal Care. Reinforce Safe Practice.

One high-yield course book designed to reinforce essential maternal and newborn concepts through structured content, visual learning, and built-in knowledge checks.

High-yield coverage of maternal and newborn care
Illustrations simplify fetal positioning and labor
Check for Understanding questions reinforce learning

Role-Based Support

Support for OB Faculty, Students, and Program Leaders

OB content spans two patients and the entire perinatal continuum. Faculty, students, and program leaders each need resources and insights tailored to their role.

For Faculty

Simplify OB Course Preparation

A complete OB teaching package with videos, slides, instructor notes, NGN case studies, and a Faculty QBank, built to keep content consistent regardless of who is teaching.

Slide decks with instructor notes
Faculty QBank separate from student practice
Section-level reporting available

For Students

Connect Maternal and Newborn Concepts

Continuum-organized lectures, UGuides, and NGN-style practice that develop the reasoning patterns students need in clinical and on the NCLEX.

Active, bite-sized learning through digital tools
Detailed rationales with FHR strips and visuals
Integrated lectures, UGuides, and practice questions

For Program Leaders

Identify Learning Gaps Before the NCLEX

Reporting and pre-built AACN mapping resources help program leaders monitor cohort performance, inform curriculum decisions, and support accreditation review.

Cohort- and section-level performance reporting
Mastery tracking available by topic
Pre-built AACN mapping documents

Accreditation Support

Documentation That Supports Program Review

Built-in alignment documentation, performance reporting, and evidence support help programs prepare for curriculum review, self-study, and accreditation conversations.

AACN Essentials
Mapping

Connects course content to AACN Essentials domains for curriculum review.

CJMM Case Study
Evidence

Maps NGN-style case studies to the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.

Cohort Performance
Reports

Evaluates student and cohort performance across assignments and outcomes.

Implementation Support

A Team That Supports OB Course Adoption End to End

Adopting a new OB course mid-program is real work. UWorld supports programs through onboarding, faculty training, ongoing optimization, and LMS integration.

Initial Training

Live training for OB course coordinators, faculty, and clinical instructors ahead of the semester.

Ongoing Support

Dedicated account support throughout the academic year, with regular OB usage check-ins.

Resource Center

On-demand OB teaching resources, lesson plan templates, and adoption playbooks.

LMS Integration

Seamless integration with major LMS platforms for OB course delivery and reporting.

Curriculum Coverage

Maternal Newborn Topics Across Core Nursing Concepts

UWorld's Maternal/Newborn course covers the full perinatal continuum, structured for NGN readiness, AACN Essentials alignment, and the clinical judgment programs want students to demonstrate.

Antepartum Care

Prenatal assessment, gestational diabetes, hypertension, RhD, high-risk management.

Labor & Delivery

Stages of labor, fetal monitoring, induction, Cesarean, and priority interventions.

Postpartum Nursing

Postpartum hemorrhage, uterine atony, infection, wound care, priority assessment.

Newborn Care

Newborn reflexes, APGAR, thermo, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, anomaly assessment.

Lactation/Nutrition

Breastfeeding, bottle feeding, supplementation, infant growth, lactation support.

Perinatal Mental

Postpartum depression/psychosis, anxiety, maternal-infant bonding, screening tools.

Pharm/Special Topics

Oxytocin, mag sulfate, tocolytics, contraception, infertility, special populations.

Clinical Judgment

NGN cases, clinical reasoning, prioritization, CJMM, and maternal-newborn safety.

Customer Stories

Educators on adopting UWorld for Maternal / Newborn

Hear how OB faculty and program leaders are using UWorld to strengthen perinatal teaching and outcomes.

Faculty Experience

“UWorld Maternal/Newborn gave our faculty a real starting point. The slides, videos, and questions are connected, which helped reduce prep time and improve consistency across sections.”

Student Learning Impact

“The NGN-style case studies helped students connect perinatal concepts to clinical judgment in a way traditional resources did not.”

Program Review Support

“Having AACN alignment documentation available during curriculum and accreditation review gave our team the evidence we needed.”

Next Step

See How UWorld's Maternal/Newborn Course Fits Your Program

Walk through the OB course with a member of the UWorld Nursing team. We'll review your current course structure, share sample content, and show how programs use the course to build connected, safety-focused perinatal teaching.

Why UWorld

UWorld Maternal/Newborn vs. Traditional OB resources

UWorld Maternal Health connects teaching, learning, assessment, and reporting in one platform built specifically for nursing programs.

Feature	UWorld Maternal / Newborn	Other Providers
Course format	Modular digital curriculum	Print textbooks can be costly and outdated
Content updates	Regularly updated clinical content	New editions may require added materials
NGN readiness	OB NGN items embedded throughout	Limited or add-on NGN
Perinatal continuum design	Pregnancy → labor → postpartum → newborn connected	Four siloed units
Platform	Connected teaching and assessment tools	Disconnected systems can slow workflows
Role-based access	Supports students, faculty, and leaders	Many tools focus only on students
AACN alignment	Domain-based performance reporting	Static mapping offers limited insights
Accreditation docs	Accreditation support documentation available	Manual evidence collection can be time-consuming
Remediation	Early intervention performance insights	Remediation may happen too late
Program flexibility	Flexible across nursing program types	Some courses require additional customization

Course Format

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Modular digital curriculum

Other Providers

✖ Print textbooks can be costly and outdated

Content Updates

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Regularly updated clinical content

Other Providers

✖ New editions may require added materials

NGN Readiness

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ OB NGN items embedded throughout

Other Providers

✖ Limited or add-on NGN

Perinatal Continuum Design

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Pregnancy → labor → postpartum → newborn connected

Other Providers

✖ Four siloed units

Platform

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Connected teaching and assessment tools

Other Providers

✖ Disconnected systems can slow workflows

Role-Based Access

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Supports students, faculty, and leaders

Other Providers

✖ Many tools focus only on students

AACN Alignment

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Domain-based performance reporting

Other Providers

✖ Static mapping offers limited insights

Accreditation Docs

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Accreditation support documentation available

Other Providers

✖ Manual evidence collection can be time-consuming

Remediation

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Early intervention performance insights

Other Providers

✖ Remediation may happen too late

Program Flexibility

UWorld Maternal / Newborn

✔ Flexible across nursing program types

Other Providers

✖ Some courses require additional customization

Common Questions

Maternal Newborn Health Course FAQs

How is UWorld's Maternal / Newborn course different from a traditional textbook?

Traditional OB textbooks divide content into four big sections (pregnancy, labor, postpartum, newborn) that don’t always teach students to follow the same patient across the continuum. UWorld’s Maternal / Newborn course is built around that continuum from the start. Short lecture videos, structured UGuides, NGN-style case studies, and continuum-organized practice teach students to recognize the warning signs and priority cues that span pregnancy through newborn transition. Content is continuously reviewed and updated, so faculty aren’t compensating for outdated material.

How does UWorld teach Maternal / Newborn content?

The course is built around the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and OB-specific priority recognition. Students move from foundational understanding into applied OB reasoning: recognizing preeclampsia, prioritizing care during hemorrhage, supporting the postpartum patient through recovery, and identifying newborn transition concerns. NGN case studies put students inside evolving OB scenarios to build the judgment the exam and the unit require.

Is the course appropriate for LPN/LVN, ADN, BSN, and ABSN programs?

Yes. The Maternal / Newborn course is modular. ADN, BSN, and ABSN programs typically adopt the full sequence with NGN case studies and comprehensive assessments. LPN/LVN programs that include OB content can use focused modules (such as prenatal care basics, normal newborn care, postpartum recovery, and OB medication safety) to fit their scope.

Does the course include NGN case studies and practice questions?

Yes. OB NGN Bowtie, matrix, drag-and-drop, and cloze items are built throughout the course. Scenarios include laboring patients with developing complications, postpartum patients with hemorrhage risk, and newborns with transition concerns (the same item formats and clinical patterns students will see on the NCLEX).

How does the course align with AACN Essentials?

UWorld’s Maternal / Newborn course is mapped to AACN Essentials domains that apply to perinatal nursing person-centered care, population health, quality and safety, interprofessional partnerships, and others. Mapping documentation is available for accreditation submissions and curriculum review.

What faculty teaching tools are included?

Faculty get editable OB PowerPoint decks, instructor notes, OB lecture videos, lecture quizzes, OB NGN case studies, a separate Faculty QBank, and comprehensive OB assessments. The Faculty QBank is particularly useful in programs with multiple OB sections.

Does UWorld provide training and support?

Yes. Programs receive structured onboarding, live OB faculty training, and ongoing support throughout the academic year. UWorld also provides an educator resource center with OB lesson plan templates and adoption playbooks.

Can I view sample content before adopting the course?

Yes. Programs can request sample OB lectures, slide decks, UGuides, NGN case studies, and practice questions. Most programs also schedule a walkthrough where a UWorld Nursing team member reviews the OB faculty dashboard, reporting, and AACN mapping.

Does the course support accreditation documentation?

Yes. The Maternal / Newborn course supports accreditation through AACN Essentials mapping specific to OB content, cohort and section-level OB performance reporting, and documentation of OB content currency, NGN alignment, and the underlying clinical judgment framework.

Can the course be integrated into our existing LMS?

Yes. The Maternal / Newborn course integrates with major LMS platforms so OB content, assignments, and reporting are available in the systems faculty and students already use. The implementation team supports LMS setup as part of onboarding.

How does UWorld support students who are struggling in OB?

Many students find OB challenging because of limited clinical exposure and the speed of OB decision-making. UWorld supports struggling students through topic-level mastery tracking, OB rationales that walk through the reasoning behind each item, and a mobile-friendly experience that lets students remediate on their own time. Faculty can assign focused OB review sets based on dashboard data.

Is the course appropriate for programs undergoing curriculum revision?

Yes. Programs revising their OB course often adopt UWorld as part of the redesign because it provides a continuum-organized OB content backbone, ready-to-teach faculty materials, and accreditation-ready mapping. Programs can also adopt specific OB modules to fill gaps without a full overhaul.

How does the course handle fetal monitoring?

Fetal monitoring is taught conceptually, students learn to recognize FHR patterns, contraction patterns, and category-based responses. Annotated FHR visuals appear across lectures, UGuides, practice items, and NGN case studies. This isn’t a replacement for hospital-specific monitoring training, but it builds the conceptual fluency students need before they ever look at a strip in clinical.

How does the course address maternal safety and high-risk pregnancy?

Maternal safety is woven into every part of the perinatal continuum, warning sign recognition, hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage risk, infection, and embolism are all reinforced across lectures, rationales, and NGN case studies. High-risk pregnancy content connects directly to bedside priority decisions, so students don’t see complications as separate topics from routine care.

Continue the Curriculum

Maternal Newborn Is One Part of a Complete Nursing Curriculum

UWorld's Maternal / Newborn course is part of a connected curriculum. Each course is built to the same standard — clinical judgment, NGN alignment, and faculty teaching tools.

Pharmacology

A nursing-centered pharmacology course built around medication safety, nursing implications, and NGN-style application

Adult Health

Med-surg content covering the body systems, prioritization, and clinical judgment students need for upper-division nursing

Mental Health

Psychiatric nursing content focused on therapeutic communication, safety, and applied psychosocial judgment.

Fundamentals

First-semester foundational content covering the nursing process, safety, communication, and core skills

Pediatrics

Child health content built around growth, development, family-centered care, and pediatric clinical judgment.

Health Assessment

Structured head-to-toe and focused assessment course that pairs naturally with Fundamentals.