Disciplines and Occupations

Maternal-Child Nursing

The nursing specialty that deals with the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The nursing specialty that deals with the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Nursing, Maternal-Child
  • Maternal Child Nursing
  • Nursing, Maternal Child
  • Maternity Nursing
  • Nursing, Maternity

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with PEDIATRIC NURSING, nursing of only infants & children; NEONATAL NURSING & OBSTETRIC NURSING are available; check also tags PREGNANCY & INFANT, NEWBORN

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History Note

91

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Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.390
  2. N02.421.533.460

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NLM Classification

WY 157.3

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Maternal-Child Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016389. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016389
  2. Maternal-Child Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13378403