Maternal Newborn Labor & Birth Compass Cards + Audio Companion

Keep the key ideas in labor & birth close at hand with 15 Compass Cards. Each focused review page brings a concept together with the findings that help you recognize it and its nursing connection. These digital cards support short review sessions, explaining a concept aloud, and revisiting topics that need another pass. They complement the longer Trail Guide while giving you a compact way to review the subject. Explain the Five Ps, cervical change, fetal orientation, and labor progress. Assess contraction frequency, duration, intensity, and relaxation. Recognize the four labor stages and the current active-phase threshold. Designed for nursing-school study, the material can be used independently or alongside your course and clinical learning.

What You Will Learn

• Explain the Five Ps, cervical change, fetal orientation, and labor progress.
• Assess contraction frequency, duration, intensity, and relaxation.
• Recognize the four labor stages and the current active-phase threshold.
• Connect membrane rupture with fetal assessment, fluid findings, and escalation cues.
• Support coping, comfort, patient preferences, and continuous reassessment.
• Prioritize safe birth, immediate maternal recovery, and newborn transition.

Table of Contents

• Five Ps of Labor
• True Versus False Labor
• Dilation
• Effacement
• Station
• Contraction Assessment
• Fetal Lie and Presentation
• Fetal Position
• Cardinal Movements
• First Stage
• Second Stage
• Third and Fourth Stages
• Membrane and Fluid Assessment
• Labor Comfort
• Immediate Recovery