18 slots available

Topics to Include:

Discuss issues of patient safety and error reduction in the delivery

of nursing and medical infant care.

Identify infants at increased risk for becoming hypothermic.

Summarize basic evaluation of neonatal respiratory distress.

Discuss the causes, presentation and initial treatment of hypovolemic, cardiogenic, and septic shock.

Describe the clinical signs of neonatal sepsis.

Discuss the crisis that families face when the infant requires care in a neonatal intensive care unit.

You may find it helpful to have a STABLE Program Learner Manual with you during this class.

You may borrow a copy from your facility or purchase one from www.stableprogram.org

Content Includes:

•  Screening for CCHD; hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and;  blood gas interpretation
• Impact of maternal substance abuse on the fetus and neonate
• Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
• Use of cooling cap in therapeutic hypothermia treatment

Updates on content related to the late preterm infant (LPI), neonatal resuscitation program (NRP).

Content Includes:

•  Screening for CCHD; hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and;  blood gas interpretation
• Impact of maternal substance abuse on the fetus and neonate
• Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
• Use of cooling cap in therapeutic hypothermia treatment

Updates on content related to the late preterm infant (LPI), neonatal resuscitation program (NRP).

Content Includes:

• Updated content on sexually transmitted and other infections in pregnancy and the maternal and neonatal implications.
• New content on maternal vaccinations