Maternal-newborn nursing moves fast and carries two patients at once — sometimes more. Between antepartum assessment, the stages of labor, fetal heart rate interpretation, postpartum recovery, and newborn transition, Murray’s Foundations of Maternal Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing covers a lot of ground where small details change the plan of care. This matched test bank helps you practice that clinical decision-making before your exam, so the priorities feel familiar when it counts.
Why this test bank helps
In OB, the safe answer often hinges on recognizing a pattern — a late deceleration, a boggy fundus, a newborn respiratory sign — and acting in the right order. Every question here is rationale-first: the explanation shows why an assessment finding is expected or concerning and why one nursing action takes priority. Practicing with rationales builds the pattern recognition that maternity exams and the NCLEX both test.
What’s inside
- Questions mapped to the textbook’s chapters across the childbearing cycle and women’s health
- NCLEX-style formats: prioritization, select-all-that-apply, dosage/assessment application, and scenario items
- A rationale for every question, including expected versus warning findings
- Coverage of normal processes and high-risk complications for both mother and newborn
- Instant PDF you can search, print, and review offline
Topics covered
- Antepartum care, prenatal assessment, and fetal development
- Fetal assessment and electronic fetal monitoring interpretation
- Labor and birth: the stages, comfort measures, and pain management
- Intrapartum and pregnancy complications (e.g., hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, gestational diabetes)
- Postpartum physiologic changes, assessment, and care
- Newborn transition, assessment, feeding, and thermoregulation
- High-risk newborn conditions and neonatal care
- Women’s health across the lifespan and reproductive health
Who it’s for
Built for nursing students in a maternal-newborn or women’s health course using Murray’s Foundations, and for RN candidates reviewing the maternity and childbearing content areas of the NCLEX-RN. If EFC strip interpretation or postpartum priorities trip you up, this practice targets exactly that.
How to use it (the right way)
Study by phase — antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn — and answer the matching questions closed-book after reading each chapter. For every miss, read the rationale and note the assessment finding and the priority action in your own words. This is a study and self-assessment aid to build judgment, not a replacement for clinical learning, and it should never be used during a graded exam or in any way that violates your institution’s academic-integrity policy.
Sample question
(Shows the format — your download contains the full set.)
Q. During the fourth stage of labor, the nurse palpates the mother’s fundus and finds it soft and displaced above and to the right of the umbilicus. Which action should the nurse take first?
- A. Administer an ordered analgesic for afterpains
- B. Assist the mother to empty her bladder
- C. Increase the IV fluid rate
- D. Prepare the mother for a return to surgery
Answer: B. A fundus that is boggy and displaced upward and to the right is the classic sign of a full bladder preventing uterine contraction, which risks postpartum hemorrhage; helping the mother void allows the uterus to contract and firm up. Analgesics (A) do not address the cause, an IV increase (C) is not the first priority, and surgery (D) is not indicated for a bladder-related displacement.
Edition & format
- Matches: Test Bank for Foundations of Maternal Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing, 6th Edition by Murray
- ISBN-13: 9781455733064
- Format: Digital PDF, delivered instantly after checkout
- Access: Lifetime — re-download anytime from your account
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Frequently asked questions
Does it cover fetal monitoring? Yes. Electronic fetal monitoring interpretation and related nursing actions are included with rationales.
Does it include women’s health, not just childbirth? Yes — it follows the textbook’s scope across the childbearing cycle and women’s health across the lifespan.
How is it delivered? As an instant-download PDF available right after checkout, saved in your account for re-download.
Is it aligned to the NCLEX? Yes; the prioritization and safety items mirror the NCLEX maternity content and question styles.
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