In neonatal nursing and fetal monitoring, assessment of fetal well being is of great importance. Here, certain guidelines and principles are being applied and live for. Fetal monitoring is a method of assessing the fetal biophysical profile. Also, fetal Monitoring is a method of checking and monitoring the well being and health of the baby during pregnancy and labor. These procedures are done with the help of an amazing instrument called fetal monitors. Today, various companies are selling fetal monitors not only for hospital use but as well as for home and personal use also. The fetal monitors are great devices for checking on baby. In accordance to this, the assessment of fetal well being is of great importance. The AWHONN or Association of Women Health and Neonatal Nurses in Washington, D.C. have planned and designed a workshop or program which deals with fetal monitoring. This program is called AWHONN fetal monitoring course.
AWHONN is a leader in nursing associations that serves more than 22,000 nurses and health care professionals in Canada, United States and some other nations abroad. AWHONN continually upgrades their services by providing nurses and health care professionals with critical and significant information and support to help them deliver the highest quality health care services for women and newborns. Due to the accessibility of educational tools, lawmaking programs, research and correlation work with compatible organizations and associations; AWHONN has definitely proved itself as the top association for womens health, obstetric and neonatal nurses. In accordance with, AWHONN has developed a long running program that tackles on fetal monitoring and fetal well-being assessment. This program is called AWHONN fetal monitoring program or course. The AWHONN fetal monitoring program is consist of three courses. First is the AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate course. The AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate course is a two-day workshop that deals with fetal monitoring issues. The primary goal and objectives of AWHONN fetal monitoring program are to exhibit the decision-making process necessary for the proper selection and confirmation of fetal heart monitoring techniques, evaluate fetal heart rate patterns, uterine activity and their implications for fetal well-being, show a relationship between clinical interventions with related maternal-fetal physiology, describe the role and responsibility of the professional nurse in the use of FHM in intra partum care, simulate the psychomotor skills used in FHM and communicate verbal and written data about patient status and verify accountability. Another course in AWHONN fetal monitoring is the AWHONN fetal monitoring advanced course. The AWHONN fetal monitoring advanced course is a one-day workshop that tackles on advanced fetal monitoring issues. Several objectives and guidelines are to be observed upon participating in AWHONN fetal monitoring advanced course. The primary objectives of this AWHONN fetal monitoring advanced course are to identify basic physiologic principles underlying AWHONN fetal monitoring, describe advanced concepts in antenatal testing including analysis and interpretation of biophysical profiles and complex antenatal fetal heart monitoring tracings, identify physiologic principles, goals and interventions for patients undergoing antenatal testing, evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for patients undergoing antenatal testing, analyze complex fetal heart monitoring patterns including uterine rupture, maternal-fetal hemorrhage, and abruption, expand AWHONN fetal monitoring nomenclature or definitions and apply perinatal risk management principles, communication techniques and documentation strategies related to complex and challenging patient care scenarios.
The third course in AWHONN fetal monitoring program is the AWHONN fetal monitoring instructor course. The primary objectives of this AWHONN fetal monitoring instructor course are to explain the principles of the adult learning process, describe the principles of the teaching process, differentiate teaching approaches and instructional methods of AWHONN fetal monitoring, demonstrate skill in using the Instructor Manual to prepare and teach the AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate course, identify learning methodologies included in the AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate course, demonstrate the ability to conduct the skill station for auscultation, the maneuvers of Leopold or integration of knowledge and practice in the AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate course, describe an external environment that promotes motivation to learn and describe Fetal Heart Monitoring Instructor and Administrator responsibilities. Physicians and licensed nurses may participate in AWHONN fetal monitoring program or course and may avail continuing medical education credit for full participation. Licensed practical nurse may attend AWHONN fetal monitoring intermediate and advanced course for educational development purposes. LPNs may receive contact hours and may choose to participate in the skills stations for the AWHONN fetal monitoring Intermediate Course as a learning experience. The AWHONN fetal monitoring program uphold its position that only registered nurses, advanced practice nurses and physicians with professional expertise should initiate and evaluate the ongoing use of electronic fetal monitoring technology. Furthermore, AWHONN fetal monitoring program effectively advises that all nurses who perform fetal assessment during the antepartum or intrapartum period complete a course of study that includes the physiologic interpretation of electronic fetal monitoring data and its connotation for labor support. As a result, AWHONN is going to sell AWHONN fetal monitoring course materials in order to accommodate the rapidly growing demand for the AWHONN fetal monitoring program courses, AWHONN fetal monitoring program wanted to implement a model that would allow an increase in the number of courses held each year without the restrictions forced by the amount of inventory on-hand at headquarters. The participants in AWHONN fetal monitoring course are required to have a complete educational tools because photocopying of educational materials are strictly prohibited. In addition, the AWHONN fetal monitoring program recognizes and understands the growing needs of every participant and makes a significant progress to deliver the highest quality health care services to the people.
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