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Patients are often laboring in beds in one position, on their backs that can lead to dysfunctional long labors. Dysfunctional labor can lead to more c-sections. The labor teams (nurses, midwifes and physicians) do not understand the benefits of different labor positions, or ways to get babies to reposition, to promote a active and functional labor.
Target Audience
Nurse
Certified Nurse Midwives
Learning Objectives
Learner will get a better understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the pelvis
Ability to asses fetal position
Learner will be able to understand and demonstrate how maternal movements and positions to optimize moving and positioning the baby in the pelvis for labor and birth
Patients are often laboring in beds in one position, on their backs that can lead to dysfunctional long labors. Dysfunctional labor can lead to more c-sections. The labor teams (nurses, midwifes and physicians) do not understand the benefits of different labor positions, or ways to get babies to reposition, to promote a active and functional labor.
Rhea Williams
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 8.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 8.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 8.00 Attendance