Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 5:00 PM, Classroom 2 - Avera Education Center Plaza 5, Sioux Falls, SD

This comprehensive 2-day instructor-led course, revised in 2017, is critical for enhancing and validating nurses and physicians' ability to interpret and respond to fetal heart monitoring tracings. May be used to support preparation for certification examinations.

Skills taught and knowledge assessed include:
· Maternal and fetal physiology · Interpretation of fetal and uterine monitor tracings
· Evaluation of auscultated fetal heart sounds · Leopold's Maneuvers
· Placement of fetal spiral electrodes and intrauterine pressure catheters
· Evaluation of and strategies for enhancing communication

Expected Level of Learner/Intended Audience This course assumes that the learner has previously completed entry-level/basic fetal monitoring education (Recommend at least 6 months experience). It is designed for perinatal clinicians who utilize fetal heart monitoring in the intrapartum setting.

Contact Hours (provided by AWHONN) 18 contact hours of CNE and 15.25 hours of CME are provided. Class starts promptly at 8am each day.

Course materials are provided. Preparation is not required in advance, however the text entitled Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles & Practices is the primary reference for course preparation if desired. Participants may purchase a textbook from Kendall/Hunt Publishers by calling 1-800-338-8290 or going to the website: https://awhonn.kendallhunt.com . The course ID number is required when ordering through Kendall/Hunt. The textbook is available as a hardcopy or as an E-book. Discount copies are also available through the AWHONN store with your AWHONN membership. Limited copies of this textbook are available for check-out with the Avera McKennan Labor and Delivery Supervisor 605-322-3416.

$75 - Non-Avera Employees 

$0 - Avera Employees

Cancellation Policy:
No refunds will be given for any activity with registration fees $20 and under. A refund less 10% of registration fee will be given for cancellations received in writing to averacontinuingeducation@avera.org prior to 5 business days of activity. Following this date, no refunds will be given but substitutions will be accepted.

 

Physician (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™) (15.25 hours), Nursing (ANCC) (18.00 hours)

Contact Hours (provided by AWHONN) 18 contact hours of CNE and 15.25 hours of CME are provided.

This activity is  located in the Avera Education Center located on the first floor of the Orthopedic Institute Building at Avera McKennan Hospital Campus.

Parking is available in the parking lot located across the street from the McKennan Hospital campus.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.