G2 – Assessment of the Newborn With a Congenital Heart Defect

Title: G2 – Assessment of the Newborn With a Congenital Heart Defect

Disciplines: Advanced Practice (AP), Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Detail specific features of fetal circulation
  2. Determine differences in acyanotic vs cyanotic heart defects
  3. Identify physical assessment determinants of selected congenital heart disease conditions
Submission Description:
This presentation will provide an overview of fetal/neonatal circulation to provide a method of classifying selected congenital heart defects in the newborn. Additionally, physical assessment techniques as well as long term outcomes for newborns with selected congenital heart defects will be discussed.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013: 3:15 PM-4:15 PM
Tennessee B (Gaylord Opryland)
Moderator:
Sherrie Lynn Burkholder, MS, RNC-OB, C-EF
Presenting Author:
Cheryl Robinson, DNS, CRNP, NNP-BC