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Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. 2009. Standards for professional nursing practice in the care of women and newborns. (7th ed.) . Washington, DC: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, 19 pp.

Annotation: This book describes standards for registered nurses who provide preconception, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, ad new born care and to women's health registered nurses who provide care across the woman's lifespan or targeted to specific ages and stages of development. The Standards of Practice for women and newborns describe a competent level of nursing care and consists of the six components of the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and valuation. Each component is presented with a goal statement and a list of measurement criteria. Standards of Professional Performance include nine components: quality of practice, education, professional practice evaluation, ethics, collegiality, collaboration and communication, research, research and technology, and leadership.

Contact: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, 1800 M Street, NW, Suite 740S, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 261-2400 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.awhonn.org/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Newborn infants, Nursing, Postnatal care, Postpartum care, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Registered nurses, Resources for professionals, Standards, Women', s health
   

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