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0559_SHU_Fetal Monitoring_Live
Description:
Enhanced Course Description Sutter Health Standardized Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) Course This 4-hour virtual training is tailored specifically for Sutter Health Perinatal nurses and fulfills the biannual continuing education requirement. The course delivers an in-depth, evidence-based review of core and advanced fetal monitoring concepts, aligned with Sutter Health’s clinical standards and policies.
Participants will engage with the following key topics:
- Maternal-Fetal Physiology: Understanding the dynamic interplay between maternal and fetal systems during pregnancy and labor.
- NICHD Terminology: Standardized language for interpreting fetal heart rate patterns.
- Fetal Tracing Interpretation: Systematic analysis of electronic fetal monitoring tracings to assess fetal well-being.
- Clinical Interventions: Appropriate responses to abnormal tracings and clinical scenarios.
- Perinatal Risk Management: Strategies to mitigate liability and enhance patient safety.
- Umbilical Cord Gas Analysis: Interpretation of acid-base status and implications for neonatal outcomes.
- Effective Communication Techniques: SBAR and other structured methods to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Sutter Health Policy Review: Application of institutional guidelines to clinical practice.
- Documentation Strategies: Best practices for accurate and defensible charting.
- Complex Case Study Analysis: Application of learned concepts to real-world scenarios.
- Competency Examination: Assessment of knowledge and critical thinking skills to ensure clinical readiness.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Nurse, Registered (RN)
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, learners will be able to:
1. Interpret FHR Patterns: Use NICHD terminology to assess baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations, and contractions.
2. Apply Clinical Judgment: Make timely, evidence-based decisions from fetal monitoring data.
3. Understand Fetal Physiology: Recognize how oxygenation, acid-base balance, and uteroplacental factors affect FHR.
4. Enhance Communication & Documentation: Use SBAR and accurate charting to support care, safety, and legal protection.
5. Recognize Legal & Ethical Responsibilities: Understand the nurse’s role in risk management and escalation protocols.
6. Practice with Case Scenarios: Apply skills in simulations and case studies to build clinical confidence
No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.
– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D
Jennifer Lombardi, RN, BSN, BSPH, RNC-OB
Jennifer Lombardi, RN, BSN, BSPH, RNC-OB
Lori Olvera, DNP
Beth Stephens-Hennessy
Jennifer Lombardi, RN, BSN, BSPH, RNC-OB
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 4.25 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 ANCC
Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 4.25 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 4.25 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 4.25 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.