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Maternal Newborn Nursing Core Certification

Licensing authority: National Certification Corporation · Application information

Initial by examination
Maternal Newborn Nursing examination
Applicant Qualifications
At application, current/active unencumbered U.S. or Canadian RN licensure; 24 months of specialty experience comprising at least 2000 hours while an RN, with both duration and hours required; documented specialty employment sometime in the last 24 months. Experience can include direct clinical practice, education, administration or research. RN licensure is a qualification, not an additional national examination leaf in this certification route.
Certification Award
Successful completion of the Maternal Newborn Nursing exam entitles the candidate to the RNC-MNN credential. Certification's individual effective date is the date on the official passed-score report; this does not supply a calendar effective date for this catalog entity or route.
Current Applicability
The active examination page links this 2026 candidate guide and the current CORE RNC registration catalog. No official calendar start/end boundary for the examination version, credential or initial route is stated in the adopted evidence; date boundaries remain null.

Maternal Newborn Nursing examination

Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination at a test center or by live remote proctoring; each item has three answers and one correct answer.
Exam questions
Total questions: 175; Scored questions: 150; Unscored questions: 25; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
3 hours
Passing score
Criterion-referenced pass/fail ability standard; no fixed percentage passing level is specified.
Examination outline
  • Pregnancy, Birth Risk Factors and Complications (7%)
    • Antenatal Factors
    • Intrapartum Factors
  • Maternal Postpartum Assessment, Management, and Education (26%)
    • Physiologic Changes and Physical Assessment
    • Nursing Care
    • Psychosocial and Ethical Issues
    • Lactation, Newborn Feeding, and Nutrition
  • Newborn Assessment and Management (20%)
    • Transition to Extrauterine Life
    • Physical Assessment and Gestational Age Assessment (including Laboratory Values)
    • Newborn Care and Family Education
    • Resuscitation and Stabilization
  • Maternal Postpartum Complications (25%)
    • Hematologic
    • Cardiopulmonary
    • Infection
    • Diabetes
    • Psychological Conditions and Substance Use Disorders
  • Newborn Complications (22%)
    • Cardiovascular and Respiratory
    • Neurological and Gastrointestinal
    • Hematologic
    • Infectious disease
    • Genetic, Metabolic, and Endocrine
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