I4 - Using the Sepsis Bundle in OB: A Case Study

Title: I4 - Using the Sepsis Bundle in OB: A Case Study

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

Learning Objectives:
  1. Review the definitions for range of disease known as sepsis.
  2. Describe the diagnostic markers for sepsis.
  3. Discuss the sepsis bundle and how it is used in pregnancy.
Submission Description:
The sepsis bundle has been successfully used in critically ill adults to improve mortality rates. This presentation will look at the sepsis bundle and how it can be applied during pregnancy using a case study to illustrate the key points of the bundle.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Coronado J (Disney Coronado Springs)
Presenting Authors:
Julie Arafeh, MSN, RN and Suzanne McMurtry Baird, MSN, RN
Moderator:
Carol A. Burke, MSN, RNC, APN
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.