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AWHONN Position Statements

  Access to Health Care

  Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Obstetric Settings
  Amniotomy & Placement of Internal Fetal Spiral Electrode through Intact Membranes
  Breast Cancer Screening
  Breastfeeding
  Breastfeeding and Lactation in the Workplace
  Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care
  Doctorate of Nursing Practice
  Education for Entry into Professional Nursing Practice

  Emergency Contraception
  Ethical Decision Making in the Clinical Setting: Nurses' Rights and Responsibilities
  Female Genital Cutting
  Fetal Heart Monitoring
  Gender Bias as a Factor for Nursing Positions in Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing
  Health Care Decision Making for Reproductive Care

  Health Information Technology for the Perinatal Setting
  HIV Screening for Pregnant Woman and Infants
  HPV Vaccination for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
  Inclusion of Maternal/Newborn Content in Schools of Nursing
  Infertility Treatment as a Covered Health Insurance Benefit
  Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives
  Mandatory Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence
  Midwifery
  Newborn Screening

  Nursing Support of Laboring Women
  Preconceptional Consumption of Folic Acid
  Protecting the Health of Women and Children from Environmental Toxins
  Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia/Anesthesiaby Catheter Techniques

  Shackling Incarcerated Pregnant Women
  Smoking and Women’s Health

  The Role of the Nurse in Emergency Preparedness

  The Role of the Nurse in Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders

  The Role of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (Nursing Assistive Personnel) in the Nursing Care for Women and Newborns
  The Use of Chaperones during Sensitive Examinations and Treatments
  Universal Screening for Hyperbilirubinemia
  Women’s Cardiovascular Health

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Clinical questions, contact Practice Reference