AWHONN intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course

AWHONN intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course

Course Date: April 30, 2025

Location: Education Room at Corona Regional Medical Center, 800 S. Main Street, Corona, CA 92883

Course ID: 000W2551232

Instructor: Amy Russo

Instructor ID: 58921192

This course addresses principles of fetal heart monitoring and may be used as a knowledge assessment tool to validate the comprehension of experienced perinatal clinicians. This course includes lectures and hands-on skill stations, including performing Leopold maneuvers, placement of an intrauterine pressure catheter and fetal spiral electrode, interpretation of fetal monitoring tracings using a case-based approach, identification of physiologically based clinical interventions, and communication and risk management principles. This course can be used to support preparation for certification examinations. There is a recommended renewal date every two years for the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course.

Learning Outcomes:

• Interpret fetal heart rate monitoring using NICHD terminology within a safety culture framework of interdisciplinary teamwork
• Describe clinical interventions and related maternal-fetal physiology to optimize fetal oxygenation
• Demonstrate collaborative communication in the perinatal setting
• Demonstrate common perinatal procedures related to fetal monitoring

Nursing Contact Hours/CME Credit:

11.5 total nursing contact hours/11.5 CME credit available through January 31, 2028 (0.5 hours may be used towards pharmacology hours).

Course Format:

Successful completion of online prerequisite education is required prior to attending the one-day in-person portion of the course and must be completed 48 hours prior to the start of class.

• prerequisite online learning approximately three and half hours.
• in-person is eight hours (cannot be taught virtually).

Nursing contact hours/CME credit will be awarded after the successful completion of the online knowledge validation test and evaluation after the in-person course and is required to receive nursing contact hours/CME credit for the course.

Cost:

• Instructor class fee: $150
• AWHONN Registration/participant materials Fee - $145.00 – Intermediate Participant Materials with Participant ID to access online education is included with the purchase of materials through Kendall Hunt at Home Form | AWHONN Course ID number is required with purchase.
• Current AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles & Practice Textbook, if you don’t have access to the textbook ($76.96 print or $64.95 ebook). Recommended, but not required to attend the course.

Course ID 000W2551232

Instructor ID 58921192

Cancellation Policy:

Registration for all courses is non-refundable but can be transferred to the next available course only. Cancellations must be done in writing 48 hours before the start of any course. Otherwise all fees are forfeited.

Class may be rescheduled for low enrollment

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited 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 ANCC of any commercial products discussed/displayed in conjunction with the educational activity. AWHONN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP580.

*Accreditation Statement – Physicians, this activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AWHONN. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians

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