No matter what stage you are in your career AWHONN’s FHM program has a course for you. AWHONN is the recognized leader in obstetric education. AWHONN’s convenient online and in-person formats are evidence-based and provide the essential tools necessary for educating the entire team. The text entitled Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles & Practice is a beneficial reference for course preparation.
Continue to expand your fetal monitoring clinical skills with the Read Between the Lines: FHM Review an interactive recorded webinar series. Each recorded session focuses on one topic related to fetal monitoring, featuring guidance and resources from leading thought leaders working in perinatal care.
Introduction to Fetal Heart Monitoring: An AWHONN and Relias Collaboration
Discover the fundamentals of fetal heart monitoring through our collaborative online program. Reviewed and Recognized by AWHONN as a Valued Education Resource.
Explore interactive modules covering crucial topics such as maternal-fetal oxygenation, fetal heart rate auscultation, contraction palpation, electronic monitoring instrumentation, tracing analysis and interpretation, as well as principles of documentation, communication, and risk management. Engage with periodic exercises and knowledge checks to solidify your understanding.
This course addresses principles of fetal heart monitoring and may be used as a knowledge assessment tool to validate the comprehension of experienced perinatal clinicians. This course includes lectures and hands-on skill stations, including performing Leopold maneuvers, placement of an intrauterine pressure catheter and fetal spiral electrode, interpretation of fetal monitoring tracings using a case-based approach, identification of physiologically based clinical interventions, and communication and risk management principles. Online prerequisite education is required prior to attending the one-day course. Successful completion of the online knowledge validation test is required to receive nursing contact hours/CME for the course. This course can be used to support preparation for certification examinations. There is a recommended renewal date every two years for the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course.
Nursing contact hours: 11.50/11.50 (0.5 hours pharmacology credits available)
Nursing contact hours/CME expire: 1.31.2028
Format: Online prerequisite education, followed by a one-day, Instructor-led course
Take if: You are a clinician who has completed entry-level/basic fetal monitoring education and use fetal heart monitoring in the intrapartum setting.
Cost: $145 member/non-member
Large volume discounts are available for orders placed through Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Note: Instructor fees for teaching the courses are not included in the listed AWHONN prices.
The Advanced Fetal Monitoring course expands on the knowledge and physiological principles presented in the AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course. This course uses a case scenario approach to focus on the analysis of maternal-fetal physiology related to complex clinical information and fetal heart rate tracings. The course emphasizes the physiology of fetal-maternal oxygenation, the interpretation of tracings, the selection of clinical interventions, and perinatal risk-management principles. Successful completion of the online knowledge validation test is required to receive nursing contact hours/CME for the course. There is a recommended renewal date every two years for the Advanced Fetal Monitoring Course.
Nursing contact hours: 8/8 (0.75 hours of pharmacology credits available)
Nursing contact hours/CME expire: 1.31.2028
Format: One day, instructor-led course
Take if: You are a perinatal clinician who has completed the AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Coursework, or a comparable fetal monitoring education program and/or who holds certifications or added credentials in fetal heart monitoring.
Cost: $120 members/non-members
Large volume discounts are available for orders placed through Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Note: Instructor fees for teaching the courses are not included in the listed AWHONN prices.
Intermediate Instructor Workshop
AWHONN-approved Instructor Trainers teach this workshop. The workshop prepares participants to teach the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course. Content includes principles and application of adult learning theory as applicable for teaching the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course, such as integrating principles of adult learning into the didactic and skills course components, incorporating appropriate teaching methods and strategies during the lecture, and demonstrating knowledge of the assigned components of the course during the micro-teach. Information about the administrative and operational aspects of FHM is presented. This workshop is the initial step for individuals who wish to become approved AWHONN FHM Program Instructors.
Nursing contact hours: 6
Nursing contact hours expire: 1.31.2028
Format: Online prerequisite education, followed by a four-hour instructor-led workshop.
Take if: You are a licensed registered nurse or licensed physician.
Cost: $240 members/non-members
Large volume discounts are available for orders placed through Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Note: Instructor fees for teaching the courses are not included in the listed AWHONN prices.
Requirements for Instructor Levels
Instructors have the opportunity to participant in the FHM program at various levels.
Effective May 31, 2023, Instructors are required to hold certification by the National Certification Corporation in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB®), Inpatient Antepartum Nursing (RNC-IAP®), or Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM®).” to the Become an Advanced Instructor pop-up, Become an Intermediate Course/Workshop Instructor and Instructor Level pop -up
*Accreditation Statement – Physicians, this activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AWHONN. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians
