OB and Newborn Certifications
Certifying Body:  National Certification Corporation (NCC)

Inpatient Obstetric Nursing

• Baker, et al., Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Elsevier, 2024.

• Cunningham, et al., Williams Obstetrics, McGraw-Hill, 2022.

• Davidson, et al., Old’s Maternal Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Life Span, Pearson, 2024. (NYUHSL has older editions)

• King, et al., Varney's Midwifery, Jones & Bartlett, 2024.

• Landon, et al., Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 8th ed., Elsevier, 2021. (NYUHSL has 7th edition)

• Gardner, et al., Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, Elsevier, 2021.

• Gershenson, et al., Comprehensive Gynecology, Elsevier, 2022.

• Kattlewinkel, et al., Neonatal Resuscitation Textbook, AHA.AAP, 2021.

• Lowdermilk, et al., Maternity and Women’s Health, Elsevier, 2024. (NYUHSL has older editions)

• Lyndon, et al., Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices, AWHONN, Kendall Hunt, 2021.

• Miller et al., Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 9th ed., Mosby, 2022.

• NCC Monograph: Fetal Assessment and Safe Labor Management, Simpson, Kathleen, NCC, 2021.

• Ricci, Essentials of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 5th Ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2021

• Simpson, et al., AWHONN’s Perinatal Nursing, 5th ed, Wolters Kluwer, 2021.

• Witt, et al., Physical Assessment of the Newborn, Springer, 2025.

Low Risk Neonatal Intensive Care

• Cunningham, et al., Williams Obstetrics, McGraw-Hill, 2022

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

2024.

• Gardner, et al. Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care: An Interprofessional Approach, Elsevier, 2021.

• Goldsmith, et al., Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate: An Evidence-Based Approach to Newborn

Respiratory Care, Elsevier, 2022.

• Lowdermilk et al. Maternity and Women’s Health Care 13th ed. 2023, Elsevier

• Lawrence, et al., Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th ed., Elsevier, 2021.

• Polit, et al., Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice, LWW, 2021.

• Taketomo, Pediatric and Neonatal Dosage Handbook, 28th ed, Lexi-comp, 2022.

• Witt, et al., Tappero and Honeyfield’s Physical Assessment of the Newborn, Springer, 2024.

• Verklan, et al., Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care, Elsevier, 2021.