Patient Safety Resources

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  • AWHONN’s Postpartum Risk Assessment Tool
    Free Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Risk Assessment Table
  • AWHONN’s Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Stages Algorithm
    The AWHONN Postpartum Hemorrhage Stages Algorithm (V 1.3) outlines how to anticipate, prevent, recognize, and treat excessive blood loss after birth to reduce the likelihood of patient harm related to a postpartum hemorrhage.
  • 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.
  • Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) Toolkit
    AWHONN has developed the MFTI toolkit for hospital purchasers. The MFTI Toolkit has the resources that you need to implement the Maternal Fetal Triage Index in your unit.
  • Guidelines for Professional Registered Nurse Staffing for Perinatal Units
    Promote quality care by planning nurse staffing for your perinatal unit based on Guidelines for Professional Registered Nurse Staffing for Perinatal Units from the leading authority in perinatal nursing: AWHONN.
  • Standards for Professional Nursing Practice- 8th Ed.
    Adopted by nurses and healthcare organizations worldwide these expert developed and reviewed benchmarks are the standards for nursing care of women and newborns. The AWHONN Standards summarize the specialty’s core principles of nursing practice.
  • Respectful Maternity Care Implementation Toolkit
    The Respectful Maternity Care Implementation Toolkit provides you with the tools and resources you need to implement the 10-Step “C.A.R.E. P.A.A.T.T.H.” within your organization. Make the commitment today to provide Respectful Maternity Care to every patient, every interaction, every time!
  • Respectful Maternity Care Framework and Evidence-Based Guideline
    The Respectful Maternity Care Framework and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline provides evidence-based approaches to support the implementation of RMC processes.
  • AWHONN SBARs
    AWHONN SBARs explores racial bias and offers ideas on how to implement small changes that have a big impact.
  • 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.
  • Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) Education
    The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) educational module educates perinatal nurses about obstetric triage basics—what triage means in obstetrics, what the nurses’ role is, and how a systematic approach can be beneficial to improve the process of triage and outcomes. This interactive learning module introduces AWHONN’s new Maternal Fetal Triage Index, a five-level acuity classification index, describing how it is used to prioritize a woman’s urgency for provider evaluation. Clinical cases throughout the module and in the posttest assist the nurse to apply the concepts presented to prioritize the cases.
  • Mothers and Babies First (Relias): OB Hemorrhage
    RELIAS OB NOW REVIEWED AND VALIDATED BY AWHONN.
  • Obstetric Patient Safety: OB Emergencies Workshop
    Obstetric emergencies are high-acuity, low-frequency events. Despite efforts from many collaborating agencies and professional organizations, the maternal mortality rate in the United States continues to remain high. The prerequisite on-line courses are designed to help you identify, assess, and manage women with specific obstetric emergencies such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, postpartum hemorrhage, and maternal sepsis.
  • Advanced Fetal Monitoring Course, 5th Ed
    AWHONN’s advanced fetal heart monitoring course is designed for perinatal clinicians who previously completed the AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course, a comparable fetal monitoring educational program and/or who hold certification or added credentials in fetal heart monitoring. It may be used to support preparation for certification examinations.
  • Uterine Activity and Litigation: What Every Clinician Should Know
    Want to learn the latest trends in labor management litigation? Do you know what makes up the evaluation of uterine contractions? If you have never been through a medical lawsuit this webinar will bring you up to speed on the latest trends and best practices in documenting procedures and patient care.
  • Cardiac Conditions in Pregnancy: How to Provide Nursing Care for Optimum Outcome
    Hypertension in women in the United States is an increasingly serious health issue. The physiologic changes of pregnancy can easily exacerbate the cardiovascular system and impact maternal and fetal oxygenation. In Monique Lloyd’s webinar, she addresses the effect of pregnancy on the cardiovascular systems of women who have pre-disposing cardiac disease.
  • Conducting Effective Simulation Based Training Webinar
    Are you trying to create a simulation-based training program at your facility? Does the training at your facility need a refresh? This webinar is a great place to learn from a simulation training expert about how to develop, present, and evaluate simulated learning experiences for perinatal staff.
  • Use of Insulin for Intrapartum Patients Webinar
    This webinar is a must view, for registered nurses who work in the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum/mother/baby units. If you weren’t able to attend the 2019 AWHONN annual conference to hear this dynamic speaker address diabetes in the pregnant patient, use this webinar to learn about this important topic.
  • Cesarean Birth Complications: Prevention/Early Detection/Management
    As nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), you specialize in maternal and newborn health. This webinar will justify assessments and interventions for complications of hemorrhage, surgical site infection and venous thromboembolism following cesarean delivery.
  • Bridging Bariatrics and Babies: A Standardized Collaborative Approach
    An increase in morbidity and mortality for the pregnant patient with a high BMI has the potential to increase liabilities, and costs for your practice. The ability to use collaborative evidence-based care to address these challenges will not only enhance your knowledge about perinatal risk factors and ways to improve care but could positively address long-term challenges you may have in this area.

  • Weeding Through Perinatal Issues with Marijuana Legalization Webinar
    Marijuana has been touted to have many medicinal uses but can if effectively be applied to use for perinatal patients? During this webinar, we’ll explore the rise of medical marijuana, what implications are implied by legalization, and how the use of cannabis during pregnancy and while breastfeeding effects mom and baby.

  • Ethical Obstetrics: Balancing Life and Death Webinar
    Instances where ethics are questioned are rare. However, these complex issues can occur during pregnancy and postpartum which impact patients, families, and the entire care team. So, how can you manage these conditions and better approach challenging situations that guide your behavior? During this webinar, the presenter will explore ethical frameworks and principles including autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

  • Massive Obstetric Hemorrhage: What You Need to Know Webinar
    During this webinar, you will learn about content regarding Joint Commission standards related to maternal hemorrhage; assessment hypovolemia/hemorrhage shock management; maternal safety bundles; hemorrhage protocol; hemorrhage cart; intrauterine balloons; medications; recognition and prevention; risk assessment; complications; and response related to obstetric hemorrhage.
  • 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.
  • Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety Review (ONQSR) Town Hall
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