Interprofessional Participation in a Statewide Collaborative to Recognize and Treat Hypertension in Pregnancy

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Interprofessional Participation in a Statewide Collaborative to Recognize and Treat Hypertension in Pregnancy

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Connie von Kohler, RNC, MSN, CPHQ , Perinatal Outreach Education Program, Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Diane Beck, BSN, RNC-OB , Labor and Delivery, Center for Women at Long Beach Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, CA
Cathy L. Villarreal, RNC-MNN, BSN , Center for Women, Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Janet L. Trial, EdD, CNM, MSN , Perinatal Center, Miller's Children's & Women's Hopital Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

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

Learning Objectives:
  • 1. Identify the practice changes necessary to appropriately measure blood pressure in pregnant and post-partum women.
  • 2.Describe an interprofessional approach to decreasing risk of stroke in pregnant or post-partum women.
  • 3. Outline how methodology and implementation strategies could be utilized in home institution to achieve the standardized, identification and treatment of pregnant/post-partum women presenting with hypertension.

    • Submission Description:
    Through implementation of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC): Improving Health Care Response to Preeclampsia Toolkit, identify and treat severe preeclampsia and acute hypertension episodes to prevent maternal morbidity and mortality in perinatal care units and emergency department.

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