New Meriter Employees EFM Basic Fetal Monitoring (Current employees please use [EFM] Basics Concepts of Electronic Fetal Monitoring)

Information

This class was designed for the beginning practitioner with limited knowledge or experience with maternal-fetal monitoring. The class will provide basic concepts and principles needed to manage the care of women and their families during the antepartum and intrapartum periods.  The class will address:

• Issues regarding perinatal malpractice
• Maternal-fetal physiology
• Methods of monitoring the fetus,
• Systematic analysis of the fetal monitor tracing
• Documentation and communication
• Opportunity to practice and interpret tracings

Class participants will receive a learner’s manual developed by Wisconsin Association of Perinatal Care (WAPC). A pre-test will be administered as a measure to identify knowledge level.  

Please call the Perinatal Administration office at 608.417.7492 (M-F) daytime hours or e-mail msn_perinataleducation@unitypoint.org with any questions you have or if you need to cancel/reschedule.