13th Annual Maternal Neonatal Nursing Symposium: Zooming into 2021 with Best Practices

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Target Audience

Perinatal nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives, and lactation consultants

Description

Join us at our 13th Annual Maternal Neonatal Nursing Symposium. This year, perinatal nurses will hear about issues that can impact the health and safety of our most vulnerable patients and best practices for nursing care.

Agenda
8:30 am– 9:30 am Eat, Sleep, Console: Implementing in the NICU
Kevin Coppage, MD, Perinatology/Neonatology, CaroMont Health
April Hullender, MSN, RNC-NIC, Nurse Manager Neonatal Intensive Care & Pediatrics, CaroMont Health

9:30 am – 10:30 am Disparities in Care
Ngina Connors, MD, MBA, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Atrium Health

10:45 am – 11:45 am Obesity in Pregnancy
Melissa Woolworth, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Atrium Health

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Diabetes in Pregnancy and the Impact on Lactation
Georganna Cogburn, MSHE, RD. LDN, IBCLC, RLC, Region 1 Lactation Trainer, Mountain Area Health Education Center

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Joint Commission Safety Standards for OB
Christina Westveer, MSN, RNC-MNN, C-EFM,Perinatal Nurse Champion Region III, Atrium Health
Kathy Shaffer, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC, C-ONQS, Atrium Health

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Perinatal Nurse Champion Program: How the Different Pieces are Coming Together
Rebecca Severin, MPH, CPH, Maternal Health Program Manager, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Learning Outcome
After attending this symposium, participants will be able to discuss issues that impact the health and safety of mothers and newborns.

Location
Live Webinar

Posters
Have you recently completed a project that impacts the care practices for maternal or neonatal patients? If so, we would love for you to share your findings with your peers!
Poster presentations are welcome at the 13th Annual Maternal-Neonatal Nursing Symposium, but pre-registration is required. Please complete the Poster Submission Form found HERE and return to kathryn.fitzpatrick@atriumhealth.org.

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Objectives

• Hullender: Participants will explain the components of Eat, Sleep, Console as a method of assessing babies with NAS.
• Coppage: Participants will discuss the goals of the ESC approach for treating Neonatal Withdrawal through firsthand account of implementation at a large community hospital. Benefits and Barriers will be detailed. This is Quality Improvement Initiative report and not clinical research.
• Connors: Participants will understand differences in maternal care related to social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages.
• Woolworth: To discuss the risk factors, implications, and outcomes associated with obesity in pregnancy.
• Woolworth: To discuss management/care patients with obesity in labor, delivery, and postpartum.
• Cogburn: Discuss best practices in managing diabetes in pregnancy and the impact on lactation.
• Cogburn: Describe the impact of medical nutrition therapy and physical activity on diabetes care during pregnancy.
• Cogburn: Describe best practices for lactation management with diabetes.
• Westveer: Discuss the new Joint Commission Perinatal Safety Standards
• Westveer: Identify nursing implications and resources
• Westveer: Observe and evaluate a mock interview with a Joint Commission surveyor
• Shaffer: Discuss the new Joint Commission Perinatal Safety Standards
• Shaffer: Identify nursing implications and resources
• Shaffer: Observe and evaluate a mock interview with a Joint Commission surveyor
• Severin: Participant will discuss a historical review of Perinatal/Neonatal Outreach in North Carolina.
• Severin: Participants will discuss a review of Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes in the U.S. and North Carolina.
• Severin: Participants will understand the purpose and programmatic details of the Perinatal Nurse Champion Program

Contact

Kathryn Fitzpatrick DNP, RN, NPD-BC, 704-512-6523

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