title: When and how to push: providing the most current information about second-stage labor to women during childbirth education.
abstract: Childbirth educators can have a significant impact on safe care for mothers and babies during the second stage of labor. In this guest editorial, educators are encouraged to make sure they are knowledgeable about the latest evidence for best second-stage-care practices so they can adequately prepare women to advocate for themselves during this time.
authors.affiliation: KATHLEEN RICE SIMPSON is a perinatal clinical nurse specialist at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson