Code Neo, Code OB, and Code L&D: Ready for an Obstetric Emergency! a Multidisciplinary Approach to Bringing the OB Emergency Team Together

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Code Neo, Code OB, and Code L&D: Ready for an Obstetric Emergency! a Multidisciplinary Approach to Bringing the OB Emergency Team Together

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Leah Romine, BSN, RNC-OB, PHN , Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Discuss the steps in implementing a multidisciplinary practice change in a busy Maternal Child department.
  • Describe the impact of responding to an emergency situation quickly.
  • Identify 3 benefits to improving response times during an obstetric emergency.

    • Submission Description:
    The purpose of this presentation is to describe the process involved in creating and implementing a program that decreases staff anxiety, improves multidisciplinary communication, and improves patient outcomes during an obstetric emergency. Staff’s comfort level in responding to an obstetric emergency as well as the frequency of obstetric codes called will be discussed.

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    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.