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AHA NRP, All Services, BabyFriendly(tm) Policy, Breastfeeding Education, Labor and Delivery, Labor Delivery Track for New Grad RN's, Maternal Child Health, Neonatal Intensive Care NICU, New Grad Maternal Child Program, New Graduates of Nursing, NICU Track for New Grad RN's, Nursing Advocacy, Obstetric Track, Orange County, San Diego, Specialty
Become a Breastfeeding Advocate
Education for professionals, or the lack of it, has been and continues to be a barrier to breastfeeding. A healthcare provider’s attitude, personal beliefs and values can greatly impact a mother’s ability to initiate or maintain breastfeeding. Certainly, the lack of support from healthcare providers is related to the difficulties healthy women experience with breastfeeding. Despite efforts to improve breastfeeding management, healthcare professionals, including doctors and nurses, continue to give poor advice on this matter. Poor advice has taken different forms; sometimes it actually has been no advice. Moreover, patients wholeheartedly trust their primary nurses and doctors. Healthcare providers who are not proficient in breastfeeding promotion, initiation and protection may advice patients to…
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AHA NRP, Article, BabyFriendly(tm) Policy, Breastfeeding Education, Fetal Heart Monitoring, Labor and Delivery, Labor Delivery Track for New Grad RN's, Maternal Child Health, Neonatal Intensive Care NICU, New Grad Maternal Child Program, New Graduates of Nursing, NICU Track for New Grad RN's, Nursing Advocacy, Obstetric Track
Baby-Friendly Hospital
World Breastfeeding Week is around the corner, August 1-7, 2016! If your dream job is working with moms and babies all day long, your ears might e screaming in pain from hearing about the BabyFriendly Hospital Initiative. A little known fact is that in California, BabyFriendly training is also called Birth&Beyond approved. That’s the state program that distributes the funding and training materials across the state. Want to get that Postpartum job? Let’s jump right in! What is BabyFriendly(tm)? Why is BFHI important for getting a job in postpartum, for New Grads and Transition Nurses? How you can become BFHI certified? The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global program sponsored…
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The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a coalition of individuals and national organizations with concern for the care and wellbeing of mothers, babies, and families Our mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce cost. The evidence- based mother/baby/and family friendly model focuses on prevention and wellness as the alternative to high cost screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs. In spite of spending far more money per capita on maternity and newborn care than any other country, the United States falls behind most industrialized countries in perinatal morbidity and mortality, and maternity mortality is four times greater for African-American…
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OB Emergencies to the 4th Power Home Course
For the Postpartum Nurse CEs: 6 Price: $11
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Neonatal Assessment
The primary goal of a neonatal assessment is to identify problems and become familiar with early intervention technique to stabilize an infant when emergencies occur. Course Details Duration: 4 hrs CEs: 6 CEs Cost: $115 Textbook: INCLUDED Pre-Requisites: No clinical experience is required. This Program is for you if you are enrolled in a Nursing Program, or you have graduated from a Nursing Program in the past. New Grads/Re-entry Nurses are welcome to enroll! Transfer Nurses who would like to enter Labor & Delivery Care, NICU, or OB/Postpartum unit should enroll in this class! Respiratory emergencies are among the most life-threatening and can develop quickly in the neonate. Cardiovascular emergences cannot…
