Cesarean Reduction-How Our Hospital "L.E.A.P.T." into It Successfully

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Cesarean Reduction-How Our Hospital "L.E.A.P.T." into It Successfully

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Trish L. Nilsen, BSN, RNC-OB , Nursing, Whidbey General Hospital/Whidbey Family Birthplace, Coupeville, WA

Discipline: Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Learner will gain understanding of why cesarean rates are rising nationally
  • Learner will gain knowledge about the risks of unnecessary cesareans
  • Learner will explore tools to reduce cesarean deliveries in their place of work, modeled after the LEAPT work in one Washington hospital

    • Submission Description:
    How one Washington state rural hospital's participation in CMS-funded LEAPT work helped reduce their cesarean section rate.

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