Conquer the Inpatient Antepartum Nursing Exam is a focused review guide for registered nurses preparing to reinforce knowledge relevant to inpatient antepartum nursing practice. The book covers maternal and fetal physiology, maternal assessment, fetal surveillance, obstetric complications, medical complications of pregnancy, pharmacology, psychosocial care, and clinical decision-making for hospitalized pregnant patients.

Coverage includes maternal cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, hematologic, and placental physiology; physical examination; laboratory and diagnostic testing; psychosocial assessment; fetal development; ultrasound; antenatal fetal assessment; electronic fetal monitoring; hypertensive disorders; diabetes; multifetal pregnancy; fetal growth restriction; placental disorders; membrane and umbilical cord disorders; preterm labor; cervical insufficiency; intrauterine infection; hemorrhage; and obstetric emergencies.

Additional chapters address cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, hematologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatic, infectious, autoimmune, neurologic, and thromboembolic disorders in pregnancy. The guide also reviews preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, placental abruption, placenta previa, placenta accreta spectrum, fetal surveillance, antepartum pharmacology, fetal demise, perinatal loss, genetic testing, prenatal diagnostic procedures, maternal stabilization, substance use, mental health, maternal sepsis, critical care, and multiorgan failure.

Designed as a concise companion to broader study materials, formal instruction, and clinical experience, this guide reinforces major concepts and relationships encountered in high-risk antepartum nursing. A final Knowledge Check provides additional review across the core areas presented throughout the book.