This activity was developed by the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI) to ensure nurses have access to essential resources to support the moms and babies in their care. The Interactive Simulation-Based Education, v2, from PQI provides nurses with interactive and evidence-based training giving them the education they need to perform and interpret intermittent auscultation (IA) confidently. IA is an important assessment tool for staff, and a promising strategy to reduce cesarean birth rates.
After the training, the learner will:
- identify the benefits of intermittent auscultation compared with continuous electronic fetal monitoring
- demonstrate auscultation and interpret fetal heart rate baseline, accelerations, and decelerations
- describe how to distinguish between maternal and fetal heart rate during intermittent auscultation
CNE Approval Time Period: 1.0 CNE Credits, Expires May 20, 2024
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
NCC Codes:
Inpatient Antepartum Nursing (RNC-IAP) - Maternal and Fetal Physiology and Assessment (Code 1)
Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB®) - Fetal Assessment (Code 1)
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC®) - Normal Physiology and Wellness Management (Code 1)
Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM®) - Code 11
Acknowledgements
Authors: Amy Romano, MBA, MSN, CNM & Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Clinical Reviewers: Jean Salera-Vieira, DNP, APRN-CNS, RNC & Renee Byfield, MS, RN, FNP, C-EFM
Audio/Visual Production Support: Angela Graham and Sean O'Brien
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