Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation, 4th Edition Abstract Intermittent auscultation (IA) is an evidence-based method of fetal surveillance during labor for birthing people with low-risk pregnancies. It is a central component…
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Fetal Heart Monitoring Position The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) maintains that the availability of registered nurses (RNs) and other health care professionals who are skilled…
Position: The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recommends that all patients be screened routinely for alcohol use during the preconception, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods using…
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Considerations and Recommendations for Travel Nursing in Obstetrics and Well Neonatal Care Abstract The nursing shortage and the need to maintain appropriate staffing ratios have made contract nursing a growing…
This is the updated 3rd edition of the workshop which includes: cardiac disease and pregnancy, maternal sepsis, malignant hyperthermia, pre-eclampsia and severe hypertension, anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy, postpartum hemorrhage, prolapsed…
A Systemwide Postpartum Inpatient Maternal Mental Health Education and Screening Program Objective To expand a hospital system’s maternal mental health program to standardize screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders….
The Role of Assistive Personnel Position Statement The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recognizes that assistive personnel (AP), previously referred to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) or…
Please see the available on-demand webinars from AWHONN. Click on the titles below for the link. Second Victim: The Perinatal Nurse after an Adverse Event Webinar Second victim situations may…
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Labor Support for Intended Vaginal Birth The purpose of this Guideline is to provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations to support individualized labor based on the best available evidence. The goal…
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Newborn Screening The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) supports national core standards for newborn screening (NBS) programs. Federal oversight is necessary to guarantee that all pregnant…
Would you like to collaborate with AWHONN on a research study to seek input from the patient’s perspective and feedback about the Save your Life handout (SYLH) and its benefits…
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The Brand New Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety Review Program Is Now Available Get ready with this new robust online program from AWHONN. Through a series of case studies…
Annual AWHONN Oklahoma Section conference. Theme this year is Empowering Women Everywhere with a focus for those who provide healthcare to Women and Newborns. Pricing: Members – $90 Non-Members –…
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May 19, 7:30 AM – 4:15 PM | Norman Regional HealthPlex For clinicians who work in perinatal care, emergency, medical/surgical, ICU, or critical access settings Focus on hypertension disorders in…
My Bias: Implicit, Explicit, Does it Matter in Maternal and Neonatal Nursing Care? March 1, 2022 | 1 PM CST Complimentary Webinar Global health experts agree that how people are…
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recommends that nurse orientation is customized to meet the needs of the individual orientee based on baseline knowledge and preferred…
The women’s health nursing community faces challenges across the globe. Understanding how we fit into the global health care environment will allow us to adapt and adopt practices that can…
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Become an OPS OB Emergencies Workshop Instructor AWHONN is thrilled to announce the opening of the Obstetric Patient Safety (OPS): OB Emergencies Workshop Virtual Instructor Candidate Training. Join the OPS…
SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15. JOGNN, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2021.07.006 RECOMMENDATIONS: Clinicians should use gender neutral terminology when discussing…
SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for Healthy Late Preterm and Term Newborns After Birth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 14. Nursing for Women’s Health, 25 (5), E9-E11, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.07.003…
SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Nursing for Women’s Health, 25, 5, E4-E8. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.06.005 POSITION: The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) maintains…
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SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Racism and Bias in Maternity Care Settings. Nursing for Women’s Health, 25 (5), E1-E3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.06.002 POSITION: The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)…
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Recommendation The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recommends the standardized use of oxytocin for active management of the third stage of labor to prevent postpartum hemorrhage,…
Recommendation The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recommends that cumulative blood loss be objectively measured or quantified for every birth. Background Postpartum hemorrhage remains a leading…
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Register now for the 1st AWHONN Regional Conference with OK and TX on April 8-10th. This will be a virtual conference, and you can earn CE’s. To register, click on…
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) supports the inclusion of all non-experimental infertility treatments as covered benefits in public and private health insurance plans. Infertility is…
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Friday, January 22 at 12 PM (CST) The New Jersey Section of AWHONN is kicking off their Maternal Health Awareness Week with a webinar discussion featuring women who have experienced…
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ACNM, ACOG, ASRM, AWHONN, NPWH, SMFM, and SOGH have released a joint statement to encourage health workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health measures such…