Recommendations for studying for the Maternal-Newborn and Inpatient OB certification?

MemphisOBRNC, BSN, RN · Jul 1, 2006

If there is a review course in your area, I strongly suggest you go to it. I went to a 2 day class in Little Rock. It covered all the OB emergencies, fetal circulation, a lot on diabetic mothers, acid-base (Yuck) etc.

The people who taught the review course I went to had actually taken the last exam to see what the content was.

A friend and I both attended the course, then took the material they gave us (and there was a LOT) and made study cards. We got together a couple of times per week prior to the test and reviewed. I picked out the areas I was weak in and so did she. We swapped cards and would ask each other questions. There were also a lot of sample test questions that we took over and over.

If I can dig the material out, I will give you more specifics. Good luck.

unikuelady, RN · Jul 6, 2006

The best thing is experience. If you have not had much hands on experience with high risk patients, I would suggest getting some. Especially PIH, HELLP syndrome, PP hemorhage, know the S/S of them all and their treatments. What is a therapeutic Mag level? how do you KNOW when your patient is going to crash before they do? Lab values/trends. subtle S/S. For the Newborn, Do you know when its time to call the Doctor or NICU personel when the infant is transitioning? If you feel comfortable then take the test. If not then get more experience. I wish you well