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Midwifery

About guidelines

Clinical and other guidelines are available from many sources. Below are guidelines specific to this topic.
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Guidelines

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Basic, High Risk and Critical Care Intrapartum Nursing 6th ed 2019
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation, 3rd ed 2018
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Neonatal Skin Care - Evidence-Based Guideline, 4th ed 2019
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Nursing Care and Management of the Second Stage of Labor, 3rd ed 2019
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman, 2nd ed 2019
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) - Standards for Professional Nursing Practice in the Care of Women and Newborns, 8th ed 2019
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Professional Codes & Guidelines
Australian College of Midwives - Guiding Documents