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    Nursing care of the Woman Receiving Regional Analgesia/Anesthesia in Labor Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline, 2nd Ed.
    This updated guideline provides evidence-based clinical practice recommendations for nursing assessment and monitoring of women undergoing neuraxial, or regional, analgesia and anesthesia during labor that will help nurses provide the best possible patient care. Guidelines for assessment of the woman's readiness for labor analgesia are presented with referenced rationales. 

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    Breastfeeding Support: Prenatal Care Through the First year
    The second edition highlights AWHONN's continued commitment to promoting evidence-based nursing practice and supporting breastfeeding as the optimal method of infant feeding for term, preterm and vulnerable infants.  A new and essential feature of the revised guideline is a dedicated section that includes recommendations for breastfeeding promotion and support for preterm and vulnerable newborns and their mothers.

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    Nursing Care and Management of the 2nd Stage of Labor,2nd Edition
    This updated second edition guideline provides important research-based recommendations for alternative methods of nursing management of the second stage of labor, including the rationale for and importance of upright positioning and delayed and non-directed pushing to facilitate the birth process. 

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    Assessment & Care of the Late Preterm Infant Guideline, 2010
    Assessment and Care of the Late Preterm Infant Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline is the only comprehensive evidence-based resource developed to guide nursing care of the late preterm infant. Nurses and other health care providers can use this guideline to structure bedside care, provide staff education and to educate parents about their late preterm infants.

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    Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman

    The current rate of cesarean birth means that more OB nurses must also be competent as OR nurses. This guideline answers the needs of perinatal nurses who have been seeking guidance from AWHONN to help them provide safer, more consistent and higher quality care to their pregnant patients who require surgical procedures, including cesareans.

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