Orientation Resources

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  • Perinatal Clinical Nurse Educator: Clinical Competencies and Education Guide
    This guide outlines the framework for the development of perinatal clinical educators by describing didactic educational content and competency outcomes. *****Free on Website and as an online supplement to journals*****
  • Perinatal Nursing – 5th Edition
    This updated, evidence-based edition is a valuable resource for perinatal nurses practicing in all levels of maternal care, mother-baby units, newborn care, and for those nurses studying for certification examinations. Perinatal units should have this book as a ready resource for clinicians.
  • Core Curriculum for Maternal and Newborn Nursing- 5th Ed.
    The Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, 5th Edition provides the most up-to-date, accurate information available on today’s maternal-newborn nursing practice.
  • Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, 6th Edition
    The 6th edition includes evidence-based best practices in caring for preterm infants, medications and antepartum-intrapartum complications.
  • Compendium of Postpartum Care, 3rd Edition 
    The compendium addresses the physical, developmental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of mothers, newborns, and families from birth through the first postpartum visit.
  • Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices 6th Edition
    This new edition continues to use the 2008 National Institute of Child Health and Development definitions for terms to describe fetal heart characteristics and rate and uterine activity findings. It contains the core principles of the AWHONN FHM Program and includes emphasis on a physiologic framework for decision making. an evidence-based approach to the care of laboring women and commitment to supporting the full range of FHR assessment technology including auscultation.
  • High Risk Critical Care Obstetric- 4th Ed.
    This new resource is written for all perinatal clinicians who provide care to pregnant women whether they identify, stabilize and transfer or care for the woman with high-risk or critical care conditions.
  • Women’s Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies
    The Women’s Health CNS Competencies describes the entry-level competencies for all graduates of master’s and doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) programs and postgraduate programs, preparing the women’s health CNS for future certification and licensure.
  • Standards for Professional Nursing Practice- 8th Ed.
    Adopted by nurses and healthcare organizations worldwide these expert developed and reviewed benchmarks are the standards for nursing care of women and newborns. The AWHONN Standards summarize the specialty’s core principles of nursing practice.
  • Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) 
    The Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) is highly effective in providing evidence-based, clinical education to perinatal nurses. POEP helps to mitigate patient risk, increase staff efficiency, and promote optimal obstetric outcomes while saving your healthcare system time and money. With POEP, your facility can establish consistent provision of high-quality care for mothers and infants.
  • Neonatal Orientation and Education Program, Fourth Edition (NOEP)
    NOEP is a comprehensive, educational program that is highly effective in providing evidence-based, clinical education to neonatal nurses.  NOEP helps to mitigate neonatal risk, increase staff efficiency, and promote optimal neonatal outcomes while saving your healthcare system time and money.  With NOEP, your facility can establish consistent provision of high-quality care for high-risk and vulnerable newborns.
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