Conference 2016 | Midwifery Update
17th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference | January 27, 2016
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Who Should Attend this Conference?
Certfied nurse midwives, licensed midwives, nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialist and other interested healthcare providers.
Conference Details
This conference provides an annual update on clinical issues in midwifery care. Join us for a day of lectures, discussions and case study analysis.
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Learning Objectives
- Discuss peripartum mood and anxiety disorders.
- Identify pathogens, causes and symptoms of breast pain and infections and appropriate treatments for breast infections, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options.
- Describe the workup for infertility and related interventions.
- Discuss normal and abnormal newborn weight loss, when supplementation might be indicated, how to supplement a newborn while supporting breastfeeding, and jaundice screening in the context of assessing newborn feeding.
- Discuss the implications of “changing rules” on the diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes.
- Describe strategies for managing perineal integrity during childbirth from the perspectives of obstetrics, hospital-based midwifery and out-of-hospital midwifery.
Topics
- Peripartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Review of Common Presentations and Medication Questions (Rx)
- Breastfeeding Pains: Bacteria, Fungus, and Blebs – Oh My! (Rx)
- Infertility Workup and Interventions
- A Delicate Balance: Early Newborn Feeding, Weight Loss, and When to Supplement
- Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: How to Diagnose and Manage Gestational Diabetes When the Rules Keep Changing (Rx)
- Keeping It Together: The Lost Art of Perineal Integrity
Rx=pharmacology at the advanced practice level
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Additional Information
Available Credit
- 7.00 Contact hours
- 5.00 Pharmacology hours at the advanced practice level