(Oct. 30, 2026) – 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.
Instructions to obtain your free AWHONN POST-BIRTH Warning Signs Education
- Click this link: https://me.awhonn.org/product/post-birth-warning-signs-education-2/
- Click add to cart
- Create a free AWHONN account (or log into your existing account)
- Review and checkout
- Click "add coupons," enter code KFMC-PBWS23
- Proceed to Checkout
The code is valid through Dec. 1, 2026. Seats are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. To help the training reach as many as possible, teams are encouraged to complete the training together, with one person registering and everyone else watching along. Thank you for your interest in this training and for your continued work in maternal health.
--Karen Braman