This class is intended for healthcare providers responsible for the stabilization of newborns.
Course Objectives: Participant will be able to
- Utilize the STABLE mnemonic as a standardized approach to providing safe, quality care.
- Identify assessment and intervention priorities in the stabilization care of sick newborns.
- Outline recommendations for nursing care in a baby at risk for hypoglycemia.
- Discuss thermoregulation and impact on the physiologic changes necessary for transition.
- Discuss assessment and evaluation of respiratory distress in the newborn.
- Compare / contrast clinical findings for common respiratory conditions.
- Describe nursing interventions for care of infant receiving respiratory support.
- Define the three classifications of shock and possible etiologies for each category.
- Identify components of cardiac output and the clinical indications of poor cardiac output.
- Demonstrate ability to apply lab work analysis to help identify the infant at risk for infection.
- Identify three ways healthcare providers can support parents of sick infants.
- Recognize the role of effective communication and teamwork to improve safety and prevent harm.
Please Note Emphasis of Content is on Care of a Sick Newborn
This CNE activity is being offered for 7.0 contact hours
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours: Participants who successfully complete the entire and complete a post-text and an evaluation form will earn 7.0 contact hours.
Relevant Financial Relationships Disclosure :
No one with an ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship to disclose with an ineligible company.
For further questions, please contact
Name and credentials: Donna Lemmenes MSN, CPNP, RNC-NIC
Email: donna.lemmenes@uchicagomedicine.org
Cost is $15
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