Target audience is registered nurses working OB, PP/MB, NB Nursery, Level 0, I, II, and IIE nurseries with clinical experience/tenure of 2 weeks. RN must work in the IL Perinatal Network.
Course Objective: Be able to understand and describe fundamentals of newborn assessment and care as it
relates to a comprehensive review of body systems and conditions affecting the newborn.
Topics include:
- Standards of Care/Evidence Based Practice
- Historical Context-Newborn Care
- Fetal Circulation
- Respiratory
- Cardiovascular
- Thermoregulation
- Glucose Homeostasis
- Gestational Age Assessment-Ballard
- Hematologic/Immune System
- Central Nervous System
- Integumentary
- Gastrointestinal
- Genitourinary
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 7.75 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.
Cost is free
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For further questions, please contact Donna Lemmenes at Donna.lemmenes@uchicagomedicine.org