Description

 

Updated in 2023: AWHONN’s POST-BIRTH Warning Signs Education course provides a standard approach to postpartum pre- and post-discharge education for all patients, regardless of risk factors. Course participants are educated about the United States maternal morbidity and mortality crisis, definitions, causes, and contributing factors. The course provides participants with strategies to educate patients and their families to recognize POST-BIRTH warning signs.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze the negative consequences of racial, ethnic, and geographic inequities and social determinants of health on maternal health outcomes and how they relate to maternal mortality in the United States.
  • Discuss POST-BIRTH warning signs for potentially life-threatening complications using AWHONN’s POST-BIRTH acronym and when to identify signs of potential complications requiring immediate or prompt attention.

 

Resources:

  • AWHONN PBWS Save Your Life Handout
  • AWHONN PBWS Discharge Education Teaching Guide
  • AWHONN PBWS Frequently Asked Questions
  • Instruction on the mobile-friendly webpage & how to download Save Your Life Handout on a mobile device

And much more! 

 

NCC Codes

The codes listed are based on the NCC coding books. Please check to ensure codes are correct before submitting for maintenance.

  • INP – Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Recovery and Postpartum (Code 4)
  • MNN – Maternal Newborn Nursing Postpartum Assessment, Managment and Complications (Code 2)
  • WHNP – Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner Complications of Pregnancy (Code 2)

 

Nursing Contact Hours

1.0 nursing contact hours (NCPD activity available through 12/1/2026)

 

Commercial Support: Commercial support for the PBWS SYL handout was provided by Kenvue. 

 

AWHONN Accreditation Statement 

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Accredited status does not imply endorsement by AWHONN or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity. AWHONN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider # CEP580.

 

Tags: POST BIRTH, Save your Life, Postpartum, Maternal Mortality

 

AWHONN offers volume discount pricing to hospitals wanting to educate multiple clinicians. To learn more, please contact Mitty Songer, Director, Product Sales and Client Relations at (304) 550-3984 or via email at productsales@awhonn.org