Postpartum Care Resources

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  • POST-BIRTH Warning Signs Online Education Course
    AWHONN’s Post-Birth Warning Signs online education course provides a standard approach to postpartum pre-and post-discharge education for all women, regardless of risk factors. This course is designed to educate nurses and other obstetric care providers about the maternal morbidity and mortality crisis in the U.S., particularly in the postpartum period.
  • Critical Care Obstetrics Education (CCOE) – 4 Course Bundle A 
    Hemodynamic Function and Assessment is the foundation for the critical care courses and the information is applicable to all pregnant people, whether well or critically ill. AWHONN recommends that you take this course as the foundation before completing the remaining courses.
  • Critical Care Obstetrics Education (CCOE) – 4 Course Bundle B
    AWHONN recommends that you take the Hemodynamic Function and Assessment course as the foundation before completing the remaining courses.
  • Critical Care Obstetrics Education (CCOE) Perinatal Safety Standards Bundle
    Postpartum Hemorrhage and severe hypertension and preeclampsia continue to be leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States. This 2-course safety bundle is comprised of a module on Postpartum Hemorrhage and a module on Severe Hypertension/Preeclampsia.
  • Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) 
    The Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) is highly effective in providing evidence-based, clinical education to perinatal nurses. POEP helps to mitigate patient risk, increase staff efficiency, and promote optimal obstetric outcomes while saving your healthcare system time and money. With POEP, your facility can establish consistent provision of high-quality care for mothers and infants.
  • AWHONN Postpartum Risk Assessment Tool
    Free Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Risk Assessment Table
  • Compendium of Postpartum Care, 3rd Edition Downloadable
    Updated in April of 2020, The Compendium of Postpartum Care is a revised reference book that provides comprehensive, evidence-based information and guidelines for postpartum care and mother-baby nurses.
  • Magnet Template: POST BIRTH Warning Signs
    POST-BIRTH Magnet template for hospitals. Magnet template can be downloaded, a hospital logo can be added, and magnets can be printed. Templates are available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Haitian Creole.
  • Nursing Care of the Woman with Diabetes in Pregnancy
    Nursing Care of the Woman with Diabetes in Pregnancy, AWHONN’s first evidence-based clinical practice guideline addressing diabetes, provides comprehensive recommendations for nurses who care for women with diabetes– types 1 or 2 and gestational diabetes (A1 or A2)–during pregnancy, labor and postpartum, and their babies.
  • Assessment and Care of the Late Preterm Infant- 2nd Ed.
    The purpose of this Guideline is to enhance knowledge of the risks of late preterm birth and the unique needs of the late preterm neonate in order to facilitate timely assessment and intervention. The clinical practice recommendations supported by rationale statements are derived from the latest scientific evidence.
  • The Use of Human Milk During Parent Newborn Separation, EBG
    This Guideline provides evidence-based clinical practice recommendations to support lactation for those parents who choose to provide human milk to their newborns and who are separated during the initial birth hospitalization.
  • Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman- 2nd Ed.- Electronic Download
    Updated from 2011 this evidence-based guideline provides recommendations for the care of pregnant women having cesarean births and other surgical procedures based on scientific principles and empiric evidence.
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