Download or read book AWHONN's Competence Validation for Perinatal Care Providers written by Kathleen Rice Simpson and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1998 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference provides guidelines, tools and instruments for developing orientation, continuing education and competency validation programmes for both licensed and unlicensed providers of perinatal care. The text is consistent with JCAHO and AWHONN philosophies of staff education and aims to help educators to adequately evaluate knowledge bases and verify essential clinical skills, and to enhance and sustain quality outcomes.