Seminar Details
Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring Seminar
When: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Seminar Details
$179.00 - Standard Tuition
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Seminar Location
HOLIDAY INN EISENHOWER METRO
2460 EISENHOWER AVE
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-4607
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Speaker:
Cecile Oliver, RNC-OB/MNN, C-FM, MSN, CNS --
BIO
Cecile Oliver has extensive experience in obstetrical nursing, including many dedicated years working in labor and delivery, as a perinatal educator, and serving as a transport nurse for high risk perinatal patients. She is currently on faculty at Washington State University providing clinical and didactic instruction to undergraduate Baccalaureate OB nursing students. Cecile is certified through the National Certification Corporation (NCC) in inpatient obstetrics, fetal monitoring and maternal newborn. She currently serves on the NCC Obstetric Content Team, designing certification exams and developing learning opportunities to meet the specialized needs for obstetrical nurses. Additionally, she is an active member of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, & Neonatal Health (AWHONN), having served as past Nebraska Chair of AWHONN.
A highly sought-after speaker, Cecile presents throughout the country on a variety of perinatal topics, including high and low risk obstetrical issues and advanced electronic fetal monitoring. Cecile is well known for her ability to share practical insights during her informative and entertaining talks. Ongoing experiences serving as an expert witness on a variety of obstetric malpractice cases allow Cecile the ability to incorporate a realistic view of the current legal environment surrounding high risk obstetrics. She has contributed to the editing of several Obstetric publications, including Susan Tucker's Guide to Fetal Monitoring and the AWHONN High Risk Obstetrics text. Cecile looks forward to sharing her expertise with you to ultimately improve the care you provide to the childbearing families you serve.
Course Description:
Your speaker, Cecile Oliver, will prepare you for the challenges frequently confronted while performing advanced electronic fetal monitoring. Learning will be fun and memorable through the incorporation of fascinating patient stories, real-life review of lawsuits pertaining to fetal monitoring, and the analysis of actual strips. This enlightening day will feature content that will prepare you well for the fetal assessment certification course. Topics will include:
- NICHD Terminology: Definitions and Examples
- Cord Compression
- Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Intrauterine Resuscitation
- Accelerations/Decelerations
- Hypoxic Myocardial Failure vs. Reflex
- Avoiding Litigation: Practice Pitfalls
- Fetal Decompensation: The Warning Signs
- Scalp Stimulation: When? Why?
Cecile will share with you insights from her extensive clinical practices to highlight important take home messages. Your knowledge will be enhanced regarding the latest trends and issues involving advanced electronic fetal monitoring. Throughout this dynamic program, Cecile will share with you many of the effective strategies that she has acquired throughout her career. You are guaranteed to leave with new approaches that can be implemented immediately to improve the care you provide to childbearing families.
Learner Objectives:
At the completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Examine the National Institute of Child and Human Development definitions and apply them to specific cases.
- Describe the fetal physiology underlying specific fetal heart rate patterns and ultrasound findings.
- State the evidence behind the time-honored methods of intrauterine resuscitation.
- Recognize the warning signs, both from fetal heart rate patterns and ultrasound findings, that indicate fetal decompensation.
- Use real-life case studies to identify nursing errors that contribute to litigation.
- Analyze fetal blood gases.
- Practice strip interpretation using actual cases.
- Explore the malpractice crises as they affect the obstetric community.
- Explain hypoxic myocardial failure and its manifestation in the fetal heart rate and ultrasound findings.
- Differentiate between the aspects of various deceleration patterns and ultrasound findings.
Please refer to the course brochure for continuing education information.
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