Practice Briefs
AWHONN practice briefs can be used as a quick-reference guide that can and should be incorporated into your clinical practice. Each brief provides a summary of the pertinent details of each technique and rationale for why it should be used in practice.
- Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Perinatal Patients With Diabetes: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 21
- Decreased Fetal Movement: AWHONN Practice Brief #20
- Perinatal Care for People With a History of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 19
- (ACOG Practice Advisory) Updated Clinical Guidance for the Use of Progesterone Supplementation for the Prevention of Recurrent Preterm Birth
- Management of Newborns with Inutero Substance Exposure: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 18
- Intrapartum Pain Management for People on Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder Practice Brief: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 17
- Breastfeeding Recommendations for People who use Substances: AWHONN Practice Brief Number Number 16
- Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15
- Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for Healthy Late Preterm and Term Newborns After Birth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 14
- Quantification of Blood Loss: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 13
- Guidelines for Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor using Oxytocin: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 12
- Lower Extremity Nerve Injury in Childbirth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 11
- Prevention of Newborn Falls/Drops in the Hospital: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 9 – Reaffirmed January 2025
- Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse in Healthy Term Newborns Practice Brief Number 8 – Reaffirmed January 2025
Retired Practice Briefs
