Increasing Breastfeeding Success

This conference is the presentation of parts of a program developed by the Physician Lactation Education Collaborative of Washington http://www.breastfeedingwa.org/collaborative.

It contains good information for all those who encounter breastfeeding mothers during prenatal care, at delivery, post hospital discharge, and in the office during well baby or post partum care, including medical assistants, nurses, physicians, students, and others.

Lactation Consultant and Breastfeeding Educator Network

This group meets 2-3 times a year to learn from each other, share resource information, and plan educational opportunities for themselves and others. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Childbirth Educators’ Network

This group meets 1-2 times a year to learn from each other, share resource information, and plan educational opportunities for themselves and others.

Fetal Monitoring

Basic Electronic Fetal Monitoring

This conference provides instruction concerning the use of electronic fetal monitoring. It will include basic how-to information related to interpreting monitor tracings, along with the nursing responsibilities applicable to fetal monitoring

AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring

AWHONN Fetal Monitoring is a two day workshop focused on the application of fetal heart monitoring knowledge and skills in intrapartum nursing practice. The purpose of the workshop is to promote integration of knowledge and skills essential to nursing assessment, promotion and evaluation of fetal safety during labor.  More information can be found at www.awhonn.org.

AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring

This course is for those who have completed the basic and intermediate courses and would like an advanced course.  More information can be found at www.awhonn.org.

Fetal Monitoring Case Reviews

This 1/2 day session will use the story method of case reviews as a method to learn more about how to recognize obstetric risk, critically think through possible responses, and analyze the relationship of the recognition of risk and management to the outcome.

Intrapartum 101:  The Basic Essentials

This conference provides content on the physiology of normal labor as well as how to provide nursing care and labor support for the woman in labor and during the delivery.

Legal Issues in Obstetrics

This conference is targeted but not limited to staff working in the hospital obstetrical unit. The purpose of the conference is to provide information about litigation related to perinatal nursing. The goal is to reduce fear and risk of being named in a lawsuit.

Perinatal Palliative Care and Grief

This conference is designed for those who would benefit from learning more about how to provide palliative care to newborns and compassion and caring to grieving parents.

Pregnancy, Labor and Birth...With a Twist

This conference is targeted to OB nurses who want to learn how to recognize, assess, care for, and stabilize the obstetric patient who becomes at risk or high-risk  at the time of labor and delivery.

Social Issues in Pregnancy

This conference is offered for social workers and nurses providing care for pregnant/post partum women and their newborns. The program presents ways to respond to social issues that arise in the hospital obstetric department, the ambulatory clinic, or physician offices related to the pregnancy.

S.T.A.B.L.E.-Full Course

The S.T.A.B.L.E. program is a commercially available program for nursing, medical, and respiratory care staff who may provide or direct the care of unstable sick newborns. The purpose of the program is to present the concise guidelines for the stabilization of sick newborns.   More information can be found at www.stableprogram.org where the course textbook must be purchased.

S.T.A.B.L.E. Cardiac Module

This part-day conference provides detailed specifics about congenital cardiac abnormalities.

The program is targeted to physicians and nurses who frequently provide ongoing care for infants with congenital heart lesions.  More information can be found at www.stableprogram.org where the course textbook must be purchased.