20th Annual Pacific NW Conference Midwifery Update 2019

20th Annual Pacific NW Conference Midwifery Update 2019 is organized by University of Washington Continuing Nursing Education (UWCNE) and will be held on Feb 05, 2019 at Center For Urban Horticulture, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.30 Contact hours.

Target Audience:
For certified nurse midwives, licensed midwives, nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and other interested healthcare professionals.

Description:
New Day. New Location! This conference provides an annual update on clinical issues in midwifery care. Join us for a day of lectures, discussions and case study analysis, networking and dialoguing with speakers.

Objectives for Learning Outcomes:
• List preventive strategies that optimize bone health in females at various stages in lifespan from infancy through advanced age.
• Discuss the challenges of definitively diagnosing intrapartum intrauterine infection, current diagnostic criteria, and when treatment may be indicated.
• Present data on community birth hospital transfers in WA, including numbers, reasons for transfer, type of hospital care provider (CNM or OB) and outcomes.
• Discuss risk factors for VTE in pregnancy and postpartum and screening protocols, as well as assessment and work up for possible VTE.
• Describe means to diagnose fetal occiput malpositions in labor and their relative accuracy.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.