This Workshop is designed to disseminate best practices for postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension disorders of pregnancy, and maternal sepsis to obstetric, emergency department, medical/surgical, intensive care, and critical access clinicians. Through active simulation and debriefing, this Workshop will improve the clinician’s recognition of, readiness for, response to, and reporting of postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension disorders of pregnancy, and maternal sepsis providing greater access for women to receive early, effective, and aggressive life-saving treatments for obstetric emergencies.

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Learning Outcomes

• Discuss, review, and return demonstrate effective management for pregnant or

  postpartum women who present with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

• Discuss, review, and return demonstrate effective management for women who have

  excessive bleeding after giving birth.

• Discuss, review, and return demonstrate effective management of maternal sepsis.

• Role-play with a multidisciplinary team using simulation-based cognitive, behavioral,

  and technical learning strategies to practice management of postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and maternal sepsis.

 

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.Accredited status does not imply endorsement by AWHONN or the ANCC of any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity.

AWHONN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP580.

Mention of any products in AWHONN’s Obstetric Patient Safety: OB Emergencies Workshop does not constitute an endorsement by AWHONN.