2018 Iowa AWHONN Conference

2018 Iowa Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Conference is organized by Blank Children's Hospital UnityPoint Health and will be held on Oct 16, 2018 at Blank Children's Hospital - UnityPoint Health Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Obstetrical and neonatal nurses. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 contact hours.

Conference Objectives are :
• Identify rationale for maternal early warning criteria.
• Recognize the parameters for the Modified Maternal Early Warning Trigger tool.
• Identify essential interventions to mitigate sepsis related morbidity and mortality.
• Review common responses to transformational change.
• Describe leadership tools that reduce resistance to change.
• Apply strategies for improving clinician engagement and commitment to the AIM Bundle: Safely Reducing the C-section.
• Identify trends in sleep related fatalities.
• Discuss case studies that illustrate dilemmas in promoting safe sleep.
• Explain ways that nurses can help reduce infant mortality related to SIDS/SUIDS.
• Differentiate between “Baby Blues” and a Perinatal Mood Disorder.
• Review the common Perinatal Mood Disorder diagnoses.
• Discuss the effects of Perinatal Mood Disorder.
• Identify key assessment components of Perinatal Mood Disorder.
• List the treatment options for Perinatal Mood Disorder.
• Review how to incorporate Perinatal Mood Disorder into discharge planning for the patient.
• Identify the role resilience plays in making changes to clinical practice.
• Discuss how to embrace rejection and thrive on failure.