Sunday, June 12, 2016
Title: Leading Organizational Change By Addressing the Need to Improve Accurate Blood Pressure Assessment of the Obese Perinatal Patient
Longhorn Hall D (Gaylord Grapevine)
Discipline: Obstetric (OB), Women’s Health (WH)
Learning Objectives:
Submission Description:
They say timing is everything. Two new perinatal initiatives brought attention to inconsistent and incorrect practices in obtaining blood pressure readings, especially for obese patients. After a successful trial in introducing a radial cuff, in conjunction with education, this practice was disseminated throughout the organization.