Mother-Baby Nursing Study Materials?

[foxivy, RN]

Hello everyone!

I have left medical-surgical nursing as an RN, worked that for 3.5 years. I am now starting a very brief internship for already experienced RNs (like 1-2 weeks?) on a mother-baby floor at a very large and busy county hospital.

There is a level 3 NICU here, and we do take high risk mothers, c-sections, etc. The couplet care ratio is 3-4.

I have never worked mother-baby before, and would appreciate any recommended reading materials, nursing books, or websites people think would help me learn?

Thank you so much.

[Journey_On, BSN, RN]

Congratulations on your internship!

I would look into the AWHONN Compendium of Postpartum Care, 3rd edition.

If you have any questions during your internship or afterwards, please feel free to ask. Your unit sounds sort of like mine. I've been working on Mother-Baby for a little over a year now.

[foxivy, RN]

Thank you so much for the reply, I appreciate it. I'll definitely look into that book, how are you liking Mother-Baby now after a year? I know it's going to be a large learning curve for me! 

[Journey_On, BSN, RN]

You are very welcome. ?

I like it - I had actually wanted to get into OB nursing ever since nursing school; it just took me many years to get there. But it has been everything I thought it would be. I feel like I learn something new every day. I definitely like it a lot more than med-surg.