G1 - Providing Effective Postpartum Contraceptive Counseling: What's the Best Birth Control for the New Mom You Are Caring for?

Title: G1 - Providing Effective Postpartum Contraceptive Counseling: What's the Best Birth Control for the New Mom You Are Caring for?

Disciplines: Childbearing (CB), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify the need for effective contraception in the postpartum period
  2. Describe the recommendations for the different forms of contraception, specific to women who are breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding
  3. Apply the CDC Medical Eligibility Criteria recommendations towards effective contraceptive counseling to new mothers
Submission Description:
Healthcare providers are faced with challenges in providing effective contraception for the new mother as careful consideration is needed for women who are breastfeeding, have co-morbidities (e.g., hypertension), and social economic barriers. The purpose of this presentation is to equip women’s health nurses with vital information regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use, to guide with providing proper contraceptive counseling to women in the postpartum period.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Coronado M-T (Disney Coronado Springs)
Moderator:
Stephanie Wyatt, MNSc, APN
Presenting Author:
Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos, MSN, CRNP, WHNP-BC
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.