Obstetric and nursery/pediatric nurses have used the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses' (AWHONN) Compendium of Postpartum Care for many years, as a main source of information to prepare mothers and families with the skills and education they need after a baby is born. AWHONN recently updated and reorganized the content of the Compendium, and the second edition is hot off the press!

More from AWHONN about the new publication:

"In addition to comprehensive updated practice guidelines that address the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and developmental needs of families from birth through three months postpartum, the second edition features a new chapter on the latest research and practice recommendations for postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, written by one of the nation's foremost experts on this topic."

"The new edition also contains a chapter integrating both maternal and newborn breast feeding care and support information. It includes helpful and handy updated patient education handouts that nurses and other health care providers can duplicate and distribute to new mothers."

To purchase the second edition of this resource from AWHONN (cost approx. $45), click here.