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Title: B5 - Perinatal Patient Safety Nurse: A New Option for Improving Patient Safety and Outcomes

Disciplines: Professional Issues (PI), Childbearing (CB)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Describe the history of patient safety and the development of the Perinatal Patient Safety movement.
  2. Identify the key components of a comprehensive initiative to promote patient safety for women and their infants during the birth experience.
  3. Enumerate the main elements in the role of the Perinatal Patient Safety Nurse.
Submission Description:
Patient safety is a concern to all healthcare workers. Perinatal patients are at an increased risk for preventable harm throughout the continuum of care, especially during the childbirth experience. This talk will discuss the role of the Perinatal Patient Safety Nurse as a clinical leader to promote safety to women giving birth.
Monday, June 25, 2012: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Potomac B (Gaylord National Harbor)
Moderator:
Raquel Walker, MSN, RNC-MNN
Presenting Author:
Cheryl Raab, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Author (not presenting):
Renée Byfield, MS., FNP, RN, C-EFM
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