CNE activities

Judith McFarlane, RN, DrPH, FAAN
Barbara Parker, RN, PhD, FAAN
Barbara A. Moran, PhD, MPH, CNM, FACCE
Contains research documentation and clinical protocols of care designed to enable health care providers to prevent abuse, interrupt existing abuse, and protect the safety and well-being of pregnant women. Includes several vignettes for consideration and thought. Each vignette is true and written from the words and perspective of abused pregnant women and the nurses who care for them. The intent of the module is to increase awareness and action. This module is dedicated to all who seek to make contact with abused pregnant women and increase their safety.   close

Mary Lee Baron, PhD©, MSN, BSN
Provides information about assessing the health of the mother and fetus during the first prenatal visit. Describes screening for actual or potential problems. Presents commonly ordered laboratory tests with corresponding rationales and nursing management. Includes the health history, genetic issues and the physical examination. Printable summaries of lab tests, vaccinations and risk factors.   close

Mary Lee Baron, PhD©, MSN, BSN.
Provides information about assessing the health of both the mother and fetus beyond the first prenatal visit and up to delivery. Presents etiology, relief measures and warning signs for common discomforts of pregnancy. Describes prenatal screening, fetal surveillance and fetal diagnostic tests. Discusses psychosocial assessment, weight gain, preterm labor, diet and nutrition.   close

This guideline provides current clinical practice recommendations for care of late preterm infants. The goal is to ensure that nurses understand the risks of late preterm birth and the unique needs of the late preterm neonate so they can provide timely evidence-based assessments and interventions. The guideline uses evidence-based approaches to help the nurse identify and assess the late preterm neonate at risk for complications from birth through hospital discharge; validate the infant's gestational age; assess and intervene regarding the infant's respiratory status, thermoregulation, hypoglycemia, sepsis, hyperbilirubinema and feeding challenges; and incorporate guidelines into nursing interventions, discharge planning and parent education. A Quick Care Guide™ highlights key assessments, interventions and parent teaching strategies. The guideline also includes a patient education handout. close

Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC-NIC, FAAN
Leslie Altimier, MSN, RNC
Provides perinatal and neonatal health care providers with essential, evidence-based information to assess a newborn's physiologic adaptation to extrauterine life and to assess for infectious or metabolic disorders and positively support development. Gestational age assessment, physical assessment and newborn behavior patterns are discussed. The module outlines nursing management during the early newborn period, including identification of risk factors and assessment, monitoring and intervention during hospitalization and postdischarge follow-up. close

Linda C. Pugh, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RNC
This module presents breastfeeding information for the professional nurse to provide evidence-based care to women and healthy full-term infants. Key concepts are presented that influence breastfeeding initiation and duration. Professional nurses are provided with techniques for encouraging breastfeeding among women pre- and postbirth. Resources are given for further information. Providing evidence-based breastfeeding care is a skill set that is essential to all professional nurses who work with childbearing or childrearing families across care settings.   close

Donna Dowling, PhD, RN
Gail McCain, PhD, RN, FAAN
Addresses techniques for supporting the breastfeeding dyad when the infant has special needs. Describes Hands-on clinical support techniques for breastfeeding premature infants as well as infants with cleft lip and palate, neurological disorders and cardiac disorders.   close

Kit S. Devine, MSN, ARNP
Focuses on the life crisis of infertility and the unique problems it brings to women and their partners. Describes factors that render couples unable to conceive naturally and treatment strategies intended to overcome them. Details assisted reproduction methods. Emphasizes the special contribution that nurses make to the care of infertile women and their families.   close

Mary Lou Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Merry-K Moos, MPH, RN, FNP, FAAN
Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN, FAAN
Provides information that assists nurses in caring for the increasingly diverse populations presenting to their practices. Includes basic concepts related to the study of culture, including communication, religion and gender roles, and the application of these concepts in perinatal nursing care. Describes cultural considerations in preconception, prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care, including care of preterm and high-risk infants. Addresses disparities in health care and health literacy.   close

Jo M. Kendrick, MSN, RNC, CDE
This module provides nurses with pertinent information to guide comprehensive nursing care and education of women with pregestational and gestational diabetes during the perinatal period. The module presents appropriate nursing assessment; interventions and strategies for medical nutrition therapy, insulin therapy, use of oral antidiabetes medications and exercise; and evaluation and impact of vascular disease in pregnancy. Nurses can play a pivotal role as patient advocate and coordinator of the multidisciplinary team required to care for women with diabetes in the perinatal period.   close

Judith A. Lewis, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN
Genetic and genomic science is redefining the understanding of the continuum of human health and illness. Therefore, recognition of genomics as a central science for health professional knowledge is essential. The public will increasingly expect that the registered nurse (RN) will use genetic and genomic information and technology when providing care (American Nurses Association [ANA] & International Society of Nurses in Genetics [ISONG], 2007, page 7). Clinical, academic and research practice increasingly includes concepts that are based in genetics and genomics. All RNs, regardless of level of education, work setting or role, must be able to deliver competent genetic- and genomic-focused care (Consensus Panel on Genetic/Genomic Nursing Competencies, 2006). The purpose of this module is to provide the perinatal nurse with basic knowledge of and information about genetics and genomics to incorporate into nursing practice.   close

Audrey Lyndon, PhD, RNC, CNS-BC, FAAN
Designed for registered nurses who provide triage, stabilization and intrapartum care for women at risk for preterm birth due to preterm labor or preterm premature rupture of membranes. Reviews evidence-based practices for optimizing the health of infants born prematurely and for supporting the health of women and families facing threatened preterm birth. Controversies and emerging evidence regarding management of threatened preterm birth are discussed, as are guidelines for nursing and medical interventions and interdisciplinary management. Keywords: intrapartum, preterm labor, tocolytics, progesterone therapy    close

Denise Côté-Arsenault, PhD, RNC, IBCLC, FNAP
Provides a solid foundation of historical, theoretical and clinical knowledge to facilitate effective nursing care of families faced with pregnancy or newborn loss. Addresses potential effects that caring for bereaved families can have on nurses. Includes case studies and resources for professionals and families.   close

Activities included are: Assessment of Risk in the Term Newborn, 2nd Edition; Breastfeeding the Healthy Newborn; Breastfeeding the Infant with Special Needs, 2nd Edition; The Premature Infant: Nursing Assessment and Management, 2nd Edition; and Preterm Infants: Transition to Home and Follow-up.   close

Activities included are: Challenges and Management of Infertility, Including Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Diabetes in Pregnancy, 4th Edition; and Genetic Issues for Perinatal Nurses, 3rd Edition. close

Activities included are: Abuse During Pregnancy: A Protocol for Prevention and Intervention, 3rd Edition; Cultural Competence: An Essential Journey for Perinatal Nurses; Loss and Grief in the Childbearing Period; Perinatal and Neonatal Ethics: Facing Contemporary Challenges; and Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use in Childbearing Families. close

Activities included are: Abuse During Pregnancy: A Protocol for Prevention and Intervention, 3rd Edition; Assessment of Risk in the Term Newborn, 2nd Edition; Breastfeeding the Healthy Newborn; Breastfeeding the Infant with Special Needs, 2nd Edition; Challenges and Management of Infertility, Including Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Cultural Competence: An Essential Journey for Perinatal Nurses; Diabetes in Pregnancy, 4th Edition; Genetic Issues for Perinatal Nurses, 3rd Edition; Loss and Grief in the Childbearing Period; Perinatal and Neonatal Ethics: Facing Contemporary Challenges; Postpartum Care; Preconception Health Promotion: A Focus for Women’s Wellness; The Premature Infant: Nursing Assessment and Management, 2nd Edition; Preterm Infants: Transition to Home and Follow-up; Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use in Childbearing Families. close

Kathleen Laganá, RN, PCNS, PhD
Karen Duderstadt, RN, MS, CPNP
Addresses contemporary challenges facing nurses who provide care to neonates, childbearing women and their families. Provides an overview of ethical thought, strategies for identifying and managing moral distress and a holistic case study approach for analyzing ethical dilemmas in the clinical setting.   close

Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Dotti C. James, PhD, RN
Provides the perinatal nurse with critical knowledge to safely and effectively care for mothers during the postpartum period. Offers str"ategies for prenatal education, discharge planning and postpartum care. Outlines comprehensive physical, learning needs and psychological assessments.    close

Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
A family can be disrupted after the birth of a child when the mother experiences postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. In the past, the term "postpartum depression" was used as a catchall phrase for many postpartum emotional symptoms. As more research is conducted on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, distinctions among these disorders are emerging that help to differentiate postpartum depression from other mental illnesses occurring after birth. This monograph includes information on risk factors that increase the chances of a mother developing postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, primary prevention interventions, secondary prevention interventions, screening scales for identifying women and nursing interventions.   close

Merry-K. Moos, MPH, BSN, FNP
Addresses the importance of nurses in promoting preconception wellness, updates information and research on health promotion content, and identifies opportunities for providing health information to prospective parents. Explores the rationale behind pre-pregnancy health, provides guidance on preconception risk identification, and outlines approaches to promoting preconception wellness.    close

Merry-K. Moos, RN, FNP (retired), MPH, FAAN
This module is designed for registered nurses who interact with women of childbearing age before and after pregnancy and between pregnancies. It reviews the rationale for moving away from prenatal care as the principle approach to preventing poor pregnancy outcomes to an approach that encompasses a woman's health before conception. The module examines the link between a woman's health habits and risks and how they correspond to known risks for a pregnancy and neonate. The module includes evidence-based strategies for addressing key risks before pregnancy to help nurses provide meaningful preventive care throughout the life course of women and their offspring. Keywords:, well woman care, preconception, preventive care, life course, evidence-based care, poor pregnancy outcomes    close

Lyn E. Vargo, PhD, NNP, RNC
Carol Wiltgen Trotter, PhD, NNP, RNC
Focuses on the most common physiologic problems seen in premature infants after birth. Addresses incidence, pathophysiology, respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, apnea of prematurity, patent ductus arteriosus, retinopathy of prematurity, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and intraventricular hemorrhage.   close

Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, RN, PNP-BC
Susan Blackburn, PhD, RN, FAAN
Focuses on discharge management, transition to home and postdischarge issues for preterm infants and their families. The module emphasizes incorporating family-centered care principles into nursing practice to enhance parental confidence and competence. The module focuses on preterm infants, including infants discharged on medications, infants requiring short-term technological support (such as cardiorespiratory monitors and oxygen) and late preterm infants. Many late preterm infants are not admitted to the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) but are cared for in mother-baby units or low-risk nurseries. Nurses can use this module to learn and expand discharge planning skills.   close

Margaret H. Kearney, PhD, RN, FAAN
Provides an overview of the extent and impact of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use by pregnant women in the United States. Gives nurses evidence-based strategies to support families dealing with these issues. Presents current knowledge about the effects of commonly used substances on maternal and child health. Describes nursing strategies for assessment, intervention and referral. Discusses social and ethical issues.   close

Susan Blackburn, PhD, RN,C, FAAN
Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, RN, APRN, BD
Presents states of the term newborn and infant temperament, behavior, reflexes and cues. Describes state modulation, self-regulation, readability and changes in sleep and wake patterns. Presents caregiving implications and nursing interventions.   close