Intermediate Fetal Monitoring

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Friday, May 2, 2025

• 8:00am - 4:00pm

  Intermediate Fetal Monitoring

  Joanne Gunderson
  11.25 CE Credits

  AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course
  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.

  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:
  11.25 total nursing contact hours/11.25 CME credit available through January 31, 2026 (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.
  • prerequisite online learning approximately three hours. • in-person is eight hours and includes time for lunch and breaks (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:
  • AWHONN Registration Fee - $145.00 – Intermediate Student Materials with scratch-off coding to access online
  education is included with the purchase of materials through Kendall Hunt. 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).
  Course Date: May 2, 2025
  Course Time: 8am-430pm
  Course Location: Holy Name Simulation Center
  718 Teaneck Rd Teaneck,NJ 07666
  201-530-3010
  Contact:
  Check availability to attend the course. (Instructions on purchas ing the student materials will be provided after confirmation of attendance is approved)
  Instructor Fee: $200
  Registration/Payment Deadline:
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  Instructor Cancellation Policy:48 hours prior to live class day

  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.