Women’s Health Resources
- Ultrasound Examinations Performed by Nurses Clinical Ed Guide – 4th Ed.
This updated guide describes the framework for the core content of educational programs and clinical practicums for specific components of standard, limited, and specialized ultrasounds in obstetric, gynecologic, and reproductive medicine. Areas of competence for clinicians in this expanded nursing role are provided. - 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. - Women’s Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies
The Women’s Health CNS Competencies describes the entry-level competencies for all graduates of master’s and doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) programs and postgraduate programs, preparing the women’s health CNS for future certification and licensure.
- Clinical Implications of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents
In this article we provide an overview of clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, health consequences, and current evidence-based clinical guidelines for the appropriate diagnosis and management of PCOS in adolescents. - Low-Carbohydrate Diet With Intermittent Fasting Journal CNE
The purpose of this article is to review the epidemiology and physiology of obesity and the indicators for health while outlining strategies for nurses and other clinicians to use when counseling women who are following a low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting for weight management. - Health Implications for Individuals With Piercings and Tattoos
Through respectful discussion of existing body art, the therapeutic relationship is strengthened, and greater insight into an individual’s health needs may be achieved. - Interventions and Practice Implications for the Management of Endometriosis
In this article, we provide an overview of endometriosis and current treatment options, as well as evidence- based practice implications for nurses who work with women who have endometriosis. - Fertility Knowledge and Awareness Practices
Objective: To synthesize the literature on fertility knowledge and fertility-awareness among women seeking pregnancy. - Care of Pregnant Women With a History of Bariatric Surgery
This article summarizes evidence regarding pregnancy complications that may occur in women with a history of bariatric surgery and presents a nursing, advanced practice nursing, and midwifery plan of care for these women before, during, and after pregnancy.
- Obstetric Triage Orientation Education
This interactive case study program prepares nurses orienting to the triage unit to care for women presenting with five common conditions — early term labor, rupture of membranes at term, decreased fetal movement, preterm labor symptoms and hypertension. - Critical Care Obstetrics Education (CCOE) Diabetic Ketoacidosis – Course 3
Pregnancy can complicate diabetes and increase the risk of DKA, which is a rare complication but a medical emergency. You need to know how the normal adaptations of pregnancy affect diabetes, events that may precipitate DKA, and how DKA is managed. -
Critical Care Obstetrics Education (CCOE) Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy – Course 7
Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy is an online course designed to help you identify, assess, and manage pregnant women with cardiac disease occurring during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.
- Access to Healthcare
- Midwifery
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Emergency Contraception
- Rights and Responsibilities of Nurses Related to Reproductive Health Care
- Tobacco Use and Women’s Health
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Nursing Care of Incarcerated Women During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
- Infertility Treatment as a Covered Health Insurance Benefit
- The Use of Chaperones during Sensitive Examinations and Treatments
- Human Trafficking
- Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives
- Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Abortion: AWHONN Member Survey Findings
This online event provides descriptive data of a survey completed by nearly 2,000 AWHONN members from all fifty US states. The thirty question survey was administered between December 5, 2017 and January 12, 2018.
