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Digital Seminar

OB Emergencies: Current Trends, Treatments & Issues


Speaker:
Jamie Otremba, MSN, RN, CNM
Duration:
6 Hours 20 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 03, 2024
Product Code:
POS078809


Description

Jamie Otremba, RN, CNM, MSN, will delve into the most common high risk issues presenting in today’s obstetrical patients. She will provide you with a comprehensive look at pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, the pitfalls of diagnosing and treating preterm labor, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, venous thrombotic events, inductions, and obstetric crisis..  Jamie’s extensive experiences in high risk obstetrics have provided her with keen insight into these often challenging and frightening situations. She is eager to share with you many of the effective interventions that she has acquired throughout her career! Through case studies, persuasive evidence-based research, and an engaging presentation style, she will advance your own knowledge regarding the current trends, treatments and issues in high risk obstetrics. You will take away new strategies and techniques to immediately impact the maternal and fetal outcomes of your own obstetrical patients! 

Credit


* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

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Earn up to 6.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


Nurses - Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners

This self-study program offers 180 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 3.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement. 


Nurses - California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Nurses - Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

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Nurses - Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.0 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Physicians - Physicians

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity was originally recorded on 05/03/2024. It was last reviewed on 01/20/2023 and is valid until 01/20/2027.

 

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.


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AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.0 hours for completing this self-study program. This activity was originally recorded on 05/03/2024. It was last reviewed on 01/20/2024 and is valid until 01/20/2027

 

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.


Nurse Midwives - Midwives

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 6.25 continuing education credit hours for Midwives. The Certificate Maintenance Program of the American Midwifery Certification Board recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are specifically applicable and pertinent to the practice of midwifery and by entities approved by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). This endruing material is certified for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by PESI as an accredited ACCME provider authorized to award credit by the AMA. PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Jamie Otremba, MSN, RN, CNM's Profile

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Jamie Otremba, MSN, RN, CNM, has over 25 years of maternal child nursing experience and is currently practicing full-scope nurse-midwifery at a progressive OB/GYN clinic in suburban Minnesota. Jamie has been active in program development and benchmarking in both clinic and hospital settings. She is also one of the medical directors for the Women’s and Children’s Service Line at a large hospital and medical center in Minnesota. Jamie served as an assistant professor at Minnesota State University and has practiced in women’s health care in a variety of settings, including labor and delivery, postpartum, antenatal, and community health nursing.

She has consulted area healthcare facilities on clinical and legal practice topics, and she continues as an investigator for several medication trials pertinent to obstetric and gynecologic issues. Additionally, Jamie has enjoyed sharing her vast knowledge and experiences as a preceptor for both medical and advanced practice nursing students. Her goal is to provide you with the latest pharmacological options for pregnancy and birth to ultimately improve the maternal and fetal outcomes of your own patients!

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jamie Otremba has an employment relationship with Allina Health and receives compensation as a national speaker. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jamie Otremba is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Network for LGBT Health Equity.


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Objectives

  1. Explain the two phase process that results in pre-eclampsia. 

  2. Compare the two blood pressure parameters that require treatment and how those treatments differ. 

  3. List criteria for the diagnosis of preterm labor and the pharmacologic management options. 

  4. Determine the two most important factors to assess appropriateness for elective induction.  

  5. Explain the most effective way to change medical staff practices.  

  6. Evaluate the possible causes of a post-partum hemorrhage and appropriate management of each.  

  7. Analyze strategies for collaborative care with the ICU and Emergency Department 

  8. Explain why a d-dimer is no longer recommended as part of the evaluation for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy.  

  9. Evaluate the latest ACOG recommendations for preventing blood loss during delivery.  

  10. Explain why neurological outcomes with AFE are so poor and the rapid interventions that could make a difference. 

Outline

Preeclampsia Eclampsia and HELLP 

  • Tips for timely intervention: Know when you MUST intervene 
  • Why have we gotten so aggressive? 
  • Latest available medical treatments & nursing interventions 
  • Morbidly and mortality associated with diagnosis 

Preterm Labor: Rapid Diagnosis and Intervention Can Make All the Difference 

  • Who Is at the highest risk and strategies to lower the risk 
  • Preterm labor or just contractions? Make your diagnosis! 
  • Beta-mimetics, Mag, Calcium Channel Blockers, NSAIDS, progesterone, Antibiotics: Who get what? 

The Perils of Shoulder Dystocia 

  • Can we predict shoulder dystocia? 
  • The latest legal outcomes for patients with shoulder dystocia 
  • When a shoulder dystocia occurs: The essentials of management 

Post Partum Hemorrhage 

  • Patients at risk for postpartum hemorrhage 
  • New tips for assessing blood loss accurately 
  • Most recent clinical practice guidelines 
  • New medications and old meds with new protocols 

High Risk Induction 

  • Trends in elective and medical inductions 
  • The newest options for inductions 
  • Risks and benefits for induction patients 
  • How to change your hospital policies 
  • Examples of informed consent 

VTE in Pregnancy and Postpartum 

  • #1 cause of Maternal death in the US (...and why the ICU nurse is running from me) 
  • New recommendations for evaluation and prevention 
  • Treatment in pregnancy 
  • Timing delivery 

Catastrophic Events 

  • AFE 
  • Cardiac and respiratory arrest 
  • Loss of fetal heart tones 
  • Recognition 
  • What really goes wrong - and how? 
  • Be prepared for aggressive resuscitation! 

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Midwives
  • Other Professions

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