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    Worst Case Scenario Series:  Demystifying Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker: 
    Judith H. Poole, PhD, MHA/MBA, RNC-OB, C-EFM
    Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Presbyterian Healthcare, Charlotte NC

    Disseminated Intravascular coagulation (DIC) can affect any woman during her pregnancy.  With this webinar, you'll learn how to identify the physiologic adaptations of pregnancy that puts women at risk including during the postpartum period, pathophysiology of DIC, understand the changes in lab values, and how to manage obstetric patients with DIC. 

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    Worst Case Scenario Series: Perinatal Code Management

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker: 
    Teresa Stanfill, BSN, MSN, RNC-OB
    Manager of Clinical Education
    St. Luke's Healthcare System

    Learn how to identify clinical situations that can lead to cardiopulmonary arrest in a pregnant or newly delivered patient. You'll also learn how to use perinatal code drills/rehearsals and simulations to develop team activities to provide effective care during these emergencies. 

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    Perinatal Staffing and Oxytocin Administration

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker: 
    Cathy Ivory, PhD, RNC-OB
    Corporate Director of Women's Services
    Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA)
    AWHONN Board of Directors

    This webinar will help hospitals and nurses calculate the costs of appropriate nurse staffing for oxytocin based on the AWHONN Staffing Guidelines and assess the cost-effectiveness of their current staffing and oxytocin care practices. The webinar will guide hospitals and nurses to outline steps to improve oxytocin care and prevent patient injury.

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    Care of Newborns Prenatally Exposed to Opiates

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker: 
    Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC
    Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Deaconess Hospital, Spokane, WA

    With this webinar, you'll learn how to detect newborns prenatally exposed to various opioids, about using the neonatal abstinence syndrome scoring system, and about the pharmacologic therapies ordered for these babies.

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    AWHONN & The Joint Commission Present
    Current Developments in Perinatal Quality Measurement


    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speakers: 
    Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN from AWHONN
    Celeste G. Milton, MPH, BSN, RN from The Joint Commission

    With this webinar, you'll find out about perinatal measurements including the latest changes to the Joint Commission's Perinatal Care Core Measure Set, the results of the hospitals who reported on the perinatal measures, and new perinatal measures under development.

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    Cesarean Surgical Complications

    Contact Hours: 1.25
    Speaker:
    Carol Burke RNC-OB, APN, MSN
    Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women's Hospital

    This webinar will show you how to be aware of the different types of complications during a cesarean birth, how to recognize postpartum complications, the risk for complications in a subsequent pregnancy, and key nursing assessments and interventions to prevent and minimize surgical complications.

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    Perinatal Risk Management - Human Factors and Liability

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
    Founder of Perinatal Risk Management and Education Services

    With this webinar, you'll understand how human factors such as cognitive bias contribute to errors and liability and the 5 simple steps you can take to reduce risk and promote safety.

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    Obstetric Hemorrhage: Current Challenges and Solutions

    Contact Hours
    : 1.25
    Speaker:
    Dodi Gauthier MEd, RNC-OB, CEFM
    Coordinator, Perinatal Education and Maternal Transport
    Cottage Health System, Santa Barbara, CA

    The webinar that will help you identify warning signs of hemorrhage,  mobilize your resources to effectively manage the emergency, and minimize the maternal-fetal-neonatal consequences of this complication.

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    Enhancing Management of Preeclampsia: Assessment and Treatment

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Judith H. Poole, PhD, MHA/MBA, RNC-OB, C-EFM
    Nurse Manager for Birthing Care
    Presbyterian Hospital

    The webinar will provide you with clinical information about preeclampsia, one of the most common hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.  The speaker will focus on the parameters of maternal and fetal assessments and on pharmacologic treatment modalities.

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    Making the Case to Adopt AWHONN's Staffing Guidelines

    Contact Hours
    : 1.25
    Speakers:
    Sherry D. Baker, MSN, RN, NEA-BC from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center
    Audrey Hubbard, RN, MSN from Children's Hospital, Scott and White

    The information you learn from this webinar will help you strategize about how to make the case for why your hospital should implement the new staffing guidelines and the best ways to do this based on the opportunities and challenges you face in your setting.

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    Quality Care is the Goal-Implement the Staffing Guidelines

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Linda M. Schofield, RN, MSN, NEA-BC
    Director of Nursing
    Women's Services at Florida Hospital

    The new AWHONN perinatal nurse staffing guidelines will help you begin to plan for appropriate staffing in order to provide high quality and personalized nursing care.  However, you must understand why the guidelines are important.  The information in the webinar will give you a starting point to get the guidelines rolled out.

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    Preterm Labor: Nursing Strategies that Work

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Nancy Jo Reedy, RN, CNM, MPH, FACNM
    Director of Nurse-Midwifery Services
    Texas Health Care, PLLC

    Obtain the best methods to assess, care for, and educate women at risk for and in preterm labor, including providing support for their families.  With this webinar, you will  learn how to standardize assessment of women at risk for preterm labor, implement patient education and communication strategies; and gain the knowledge you need to manage preterm labor.

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    Unplanned Cesarean Birth: Optimizing Patient Safety

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Leslee Goetz, MN, RNC-OB
    Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Swedish Medical Center, Seattle

    In order to increase patient safety and reduce the number of emergency cesarean births, your unit must use the apporpriate standard protocols, team roles, and drills.  This webinar will help your team be better prepared to implement best practice guidelines for patient safety during preoperative and intraoperative care. The standardized procedures presented in this webinar will help establish a more effective risk management process and promote more positive patient outcomes.

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    The Professional's Role in Perinatal Bereavement

    Contact Hours:
    1.25
    Speaker:
    Dr. Kathleen Leask Capitulo, DNSc, RN, FACCE

    Get evidence-based support for nursing assessment of parental needs and interventions for families.  You'll gain knowledge on how to interact and handle psychological and development impact of perinatal loss.  Perinatal loss can change the future of families, so being fully prepared is crucial.

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    Diabetes in Pregnancy: Current Trends and Management Strategies

    Contact Hours: 1.25
    Speaker:
    Mary Ellen Burke Sosa, RNC- OB, MS
    Clinical Nurse Specialist

    Get the latest evidence-based information that will help you improve outcomes for your patients. Current assessment and screening guidelines will be presented along with strategies for managing diabetes and minimizing complications.

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    Staffing for Crisis: Preparing Your Unit for Pandemics & Natural Disasters

    Contact Hours:
    1.25 
    Speakers:
    Gina Shay-Zapien, MSN, ARNP, RNC
    Roberta Prepas, MN,NP,JD,OGNP


    Learn how to provide care to your OB patients during the event of a disaster.  The webinar will help your unit develop the preparedness skills needed to plan for a pandemic, natural or man made disaster.

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    Hyperbilirubinemia in the Neonate - Online Self Learning

    Contact Hours: 1.5
    Speaker:
    Anne Santa-Donato, RNC, MSN
    Director, Childbearing and Newborn Programs
    AWHONN


    Get the knowledge needed to indentify and manage neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The early intervention, treatement, and follow up for infants with hyperbilirubinemia support the standards recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Joint Commission Sentinel Alert for Kernicterus.

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    Cervical Ripening & Labor Induction: Providing Safe, Evidence-Based Care

    Contact Hours:
    1.0
    Speaker:
    Rebecca L. Cypher, MSN, PNNP
    US Air Force


    Learn what you need to know about cervical ripening methods and labor induction techniques! The webinar will allow you to discover new evidence-based information to enhance patient safety in your facility.

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    Nursing Care & Management of the Second Stage of Labor

    Contact Hours: 1.0 
    Speaker:
    Joyce Roberts, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN


    It's time re-evaluate how you manage second stage labor in your OB unit. With this educational webinar, you'll discover current evidence-based information about the benefits of upright positioning and delayed, non-directed pushing, and strategies for implementation of these techniques.

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    Late Preterm Infant Risk Assessment Protocol 

    Contact Hours:
    1.0
    Speaker:
    Anne M. Jorgensen, RNC, MS, NNP


    The increase in scheduled C-Sections is contributing to a rise in the birth of preterm infants - babies born between 34 and 36 weeks. This tutorial will educate you on how to protect these vulnerable babies and reduce their risk for re-admittance to the hospital.

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