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Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring Seminar

When: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 
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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
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:

  1. Examine the National Institute of Child and Human Development definitions and apply them to specific cases.
  2. Describe the fetal physiology underlying specific fetal heart rate patterns and ultrasound findings.
  3. State the evidence behind the time-honored methods of intrauterine resuscitation.
  4. Recognize the warning signs, both from fetal heart rate patterns and ultrasound findings, that indicate fetal decompensation.
  5. Use real-life case studies to identify nursing errors that contribute to litigation.
  6. Analyze fetal blood gases.
  7. Practice strip interpretation using actual cases.
  8. Explore the malpractice crises as they affect the obstetric community.
  9. Explain hypoxic myocardial failure and its manifestation in the fetal heart rate and ultrasound findings.
  10. 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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