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1. Analyze key assessment needs of high risk labor patients to know when care needs to be escalated.
2. Distinguish early warning signs in the obstetrical patient that may lead to maternal or infant morbidity or mortality.
3. Predict the management course and patient care needs in various clinical examples using sample evidence-based protocols.
4. Determine your level of readiness to respond to emergencies for high risk pregnancies.
5. Develop strategies for effective communication and teamwork during these most challenging times.
6. Interpret the possible causes of a post-partum hemorrhage and appropriate management for each.
7. Discuss the course of pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP and identify appropriate treatment.

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  • Preparing for the High-Risk Patient
  • Guidelines, Tool Kits, Protocols & Policies
  • Unit Readiness
  • Ensuring Staff Preparedness for a Crisis
  • Preventing Traumatic Birth & Poor Outcomes
• OB Triage Challenges
  • ED vs. OB - Deciphering Which Patient & Which Dept.
  • Legal Pitfalls
    • Disposition Decisions - Do you Agree?
  • Maternal Fetal Triage Index
  • Defining Best Practices
• Hypertension in Pregnancy
  • Pre-eclampsia: It's Not Over Until it's Over
  • Eclampsia
    • Diagnostic Criteria
    • Effect on Body Systems
  • HELLP
    • Lab Tests & Expected Findings
    • Critical Effects
  • Medication Management
  • Key Clinical Pearls
• Obstetrical Hemorrhage
  • Antepartum Causes: PPH is NOT the Diagnosis
  • Postpartum Causes
    • Invasive Placenta: Acreta, Increta, Percreta
    • Emergency Management
    • Recognize & Escalate
    • Fluids & Blood Products
  • Debriefing Process
• Shoulder Dystocia
  • Interventions You MUST Know
  • Risk Factors: ADOPE
  • Emergency Maneuvers
  • Maternal Effects
  • Newborn Effects
  • Critical Points in Documentation
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy
  • Diabetic Goals & Patient Management
  • Care During Labor & Delivery
    • Key Assessments
    • Avoiding DKA
  • Emergency Management
• Amniotic Fluid Embolism
  • Defined Criteria
  • Symptoms & Causes
  • Emergency Algorithm
  • High Morbidity & Mortality
  • Frequent Rehearsal of Critical Actions
  • Critical Documentation Points
• Perinatal Infections
  • Group B Strep
  • Decreasing or Still a Threat?
  • Current Recommendations
  • Chorioamnionitis
  • Perinatal Transmission of HIV
  • Update on ZIKA
• Sepsis in Pregnancy
  • Recognizing Signs & Symptoms
  • Critical Lab Values
  • Emergent Interventions
  • Surviving Sepsis Bundle

Donna Weeks, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, APN, has over 30 years of maternal child nursing experience where she has held roles from staff nurse to manager, director, and educator and is currently practicing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at JFK Medical Center. Donna’s experience includes high risk OB, L&D, postpartum and newborn nursery. One of her unique experiences includes initialing, facilitating, and evaluating a support group for hospitalized antepartum women. Donna has been instrumental in leading AWHONN’s Postpartum Hemorrhage Project as well as the Baby Friendly Initiative at her facility. She also serves as a Part-Time Professor at Capella University.

Dr. Weeks’ nursing education includes a BSN through the State University of New York, an MSN from The College of New Jersey and a DNP through Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Additionally, she is certified in Inpatient Obstetrics and Electronic Fetal Monitoring, is an AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring Instructor Trainer, and AWHONN Obstetrical Patient Safety Instructor Trainer. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Financial: Donna Weeks has an employment relationship with Capella University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Donna Weeks is a member of the Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nursing.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 12/7/2021
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.2 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 90 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 1.5 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Certified Childbirth Educators/Doulas