NWH: A Systemwide Postpartum Inpatient Maternal Mental Health Education and Screening Program

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….

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AWHONN announces the opening of the Obstetric Patient Safety (OPS): OB Emergencies Workshop Virtual Instructor Candidate Training. Deadline Dec 1

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…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15: Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity

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…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 14: Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for Healthy Late Preterm and Term Newborns After Birth

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…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 12: Guidelines for Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor using Oxytocin

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,…

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AWHONN Position Statement: Infertility Treatment and Fertility Preservation

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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Leaders in Women’s Health Encourage Health Workers to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine – Vaccination is the Key to Preventing New Infections

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…

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AWHONN Practice Brief Number 9: Prevention of Newborn Falls/Drops in the Hospital

Recommendations •Consider all newborns at risk of experiencing in-hospital fall/drop events. •Develop strategies to reduce variation in practice related to the prevention of in-hospital newborn fall/drop events. Background According to…

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NEW! AWHONN Clinical Practice Resources: Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction and Augmentation, 5th Edition

Cervical ripening, induction, and augmentation of labor are common interventions on labor and delivery units, and nurses provide most of the hands-on, direct care for women undergoing these procedures. This…

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