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. 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.
- 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:
- AWHONN Registration Fee - $145.00 – Intermediate Participant Materials with Participant ID 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).
Workshop ID: DGHW2552073
Course Type: Intermediate
Mercy Hospital Downtown location
Garden Room
0800-1700
Instructor Myoshi Lee -36763471
Here is the link purchase the book:
https://awhonn.kendallhunt.com/
AWHONN Intermediate Participant Materials
You will need this information to order the book:
Workshop ID: DGHW2552073
June 7, 2025
Instructor 36763471-Myoshi Lee 661--619-4293
This class requires pre-work. You will need the AWHONN Intermediate Participant Materials
To access the online platform.
Participants have unlimited attempts to complete the prerequisite. Access ends 48 hours before the in-person course. If the prerequisite is not completed 2 days before the in-person course, the participant is denied entry to the online prerequisite course.
Also, participants need to complete the online prerequisite to be allowed entry to the in-person course