RNC-OB Exam Preparation

RNC-OB Preparation and Resources

The NCC provides a list of suggested references to support candidates preparing for the Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB) certification exam. These references include foundational textbooks and clinical guidelines relevant to obstetric nursing, offering insights into key areas such as fetal assessment, labor management, and maternal complications.

BoardCerts integrates these recommended resources and the NCC exam blueprint into the development of the question banks, ensuring they are accurate, relevant, and aligned with the essential competencies of inpatient obstetric nursing.

Key Concepts on RNC-OB Exam

RNC-OB Blueprint and Focus Areas

RNC-OB Resources

The BoardCerts RNC-OB question bank is expertly crafted to align with the official exam blueprint, helping each individual concentrate on the most relevant topics for success.

In addition, the exam candidate handbook lists the following resources as additional possible material to support preparation:

• Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Elsevier
• Williams Obstetrics, McGraw-Hill

• Old’s Maternal Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Life Span, Pearson

• Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, Elsevier

• Varney's Midwifery, Jones & Bartlett

• Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, Elsevier

• Comprehensive Gynecology, Elsevier

• Neonatal Resuscitation Textbook, AHA.AAP
• Maternity and Women's Health, Elsevier

• Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices, AWHONN

• Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Mosby

• NCC Monograph: Fetal Assessment and Safe Labor Management, NCC

• Ricci, Essentials of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, Wolters Kluwer

• AWHONN’s Perinatal Nursing, Wolters Kluwer

• Physical Assessment of the Newborn, Springer