Labor and Delivery Nurse Cheat Sheets PDF | New Grad L&D Nurse Study Guide | Fetal Monitoring, Decels, Oxytocin, Postpartum Hemorrhage

Walk onto labor and delivery knowing how to read the strip, what to do first, and when to call.

This 30-page cheat sheet set is made for new grad nurses, nurses starting in labor and delivery, and nursing students in their OB clinical. It covers triage, fetal monitoring, induction, epidurals, magnesium, OB emergencies and newborn care in plain language, with nursing actions and memory tricks on every page. I'm Anna, RN, BSN, PHN, a nurse educator and former nursing instructor. I've been helping nursing students and new nurses through NurseStudy.Net since 2012.

What's Inside

• L&D admission and triage: triage questions, ROM checks (nitrazine, fern, COAT), true vs false labor
• Cervical exam terms (dilation, effacement, station) and Leopold maneuvers
• Stages and phases of labor with nursing care for each
• Contractions, tachysystole and terbutaline
• Fetal monitoring deep dive: baseline, variability, accels, decels with VEAL CHOP, NICHD Category I, II and III
• Intrauterine resuscitation steps, amnioinfusion and how to call the provider
• Induction: Bishop score, cervical ripening, oxytocin safety
• Epidural care, epidural hypotension and other pain options
• Hypertensive disorders, severe-range BP, HELLP, magnesium sulfate and toxicity
• OB emergencies: shoulder dystocia (HELPERR), cord prolapse, uterine rupture, abruption vs previa, amniotic fluid embolism
• Postpartum hemorrhage with a uterotonics table
• Cesarean birth nursing care and TOLAC basics
• Immediate newborn care: APGAR, thermoregulation, newborn meds, resuscitation steps
• Fourth stage recovery, fundal checks and lochia
• Rh immune globulin and GBS basics
• Documentation, SBAR and bedside handoff
• All memory tricks on one page
• 25 L&D/NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales
• Blank L&D patient brain sheet (print as many as you need)

Good For

• New graduate nurses and nurse residency programs
• Nurses starting in labor and delivery or a mother-baby unit
• Nursing students in OB or maternity clinical
• NCLEX-RN review of maternity and newborn topics

Details

• Hyperlinked: clickable contents page and bookmarks, easy to use in GoodNotes or Notability
• Instant digital download
• One PDF, 30 pages
• US letter size (8.5 x 11 in)
• Print at home or use in GoodNotes or Notability

Please Note

• This is a digital product. Nothing will be shipped.
• Due to the digital nature, all sales are final.
• For personal use only. Please do not share or resell.
• For study use. It does not replace your orientation or unit protocols. Always follow your school's materials, your facility's policies and protocols, and provider orders.

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