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*This payment can be submitted now or when registering participants on the participant data form.

Individual Fee TOTAL = $175 (One-time fee. Includes contact hours) Nursing license # State licensed

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Peri-FACTS®

New Provider CourseEssentials of Fetal Heart

Rate Monitoring - 200 Level Course -

NEW PROVIDER COURSE REGISTRATION FORM

Peri-FACTS® Staff

Peri-FACTS® AcademyUniversity of Rochester Medical Center

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 668

Rochester, NY 14642-8668Phone: (800) 285-2366 / (585) 275-6037

E-mail: Peri-FACTS@urmc.rochester.eduWeb: www.urmc.rochester.edu/obgyn/Peri-FACTS

The University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital and Strong Health Affiliates is

accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s

Commission on Accreditation.

Editor-in-ChiefJames R. Woods, Jr., M.D.

Professor and ChairObstetrics and Gynecology

Associate EditorsKathryn Flynn, R.N.C., M.S.N.P.

Carol Giffi, R.N.C., M.S.N.P.J. Christopher Glantz, M.D., M.P.H.Shirley Warren, R.N.C., M.S.N.P.-BC

Continuing Education CoordinatorsTherese Caffery, R.N.C., M.S.N.P.

Tamara Eis, R.N., M.S.

Business ManagerYvonne R. Dougherty

Assistant ManagerRhonda C. Platten

SecretariesPatricia Therrien

Dustin Badger

Marketing CoordinatorKaitlin Donals

PERI-FACTS®

NEW PROVIDER COURSEEssentials of Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring COST AND REGISTRATION

Upon completion of the New Provider Course, the learner will be able to:

• Review normal perinatal physiology and assessment.

• Identify factors that place the fetus at risk.• Select appropriate fetal heart monitoring

methods.• Define components of systemic assessment of

fetal heart monitoring information.• Define normal and abnormal uterine activity.• List factors affecting fetal heart rate

monitoring interpretation.• Describe physiologic interventions.• Describe healthcare providers communication

and documentation responsibilities.• Interpret fetal heart rate monitor tracings by

systematically analyzing the fetal heart rate components in actual cases.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This online course is designed for new obstetric nurses, interns, and residents.

Using NICHD nomenclature, the New Provider Course curriculum includes fetal physiology and its relationship and impact on fetal heart rate monitoring interpretation.

Upon completion of the course, users will be able to apply what they have learned to actual fetal heart rate monitor tracings by interpreting them and determining what, if any, interventions are needed. For an additional fee, participants have the opportunity to earn nine nursing contact hours upon successful completion of the review test.

COURSE CONTENT

The New Provider Course content includes:

• Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy• Fluid Dynamics• Fetal Oxygen and Acid/Base Metabolism• Amniotic Fluid Volume• Umbilical Cord Influences• Introduction to Fetal Heart Rate

Monitoring• Determining Fetal Heart Rate Baseline• Fetal Heart Rate Variability• Causes of Fetal Heart Rate Changes• Uterine Contractions/Intrauterine Pressure

Catheter• Fetal Heart Rate Patterns including Early,

Late, and Variable Decelerations; Categories; and Sinusoidal Versus Pseudosinusoidal

Fetal Heart Rates• Antepartum Testing• Communication and Documentation• Review Test, which includes ten clinical case

studies• Evaluation

The New Provider Course is offered to institutions as an annual subscription. For just $225, this course can be used by as many of your new providers throughout the year as you choose. There is an additional fee of $50 per participant, if contact hours are desired.

This course also is available to individuals. The registration fee is $175 and includes nine contact hours.

To register for the New Provider Course, complete and return the Registration Form (see reverse), or register online at: www.urmc.rochester.edu/ob-gyn/Peri-factsStore/

Upon receipt of the registration form, institutions will receive a start-up package which includes: your organization’s assigned username and password, logon instructions, and a copy of our Principles of Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring reference textbook. Additional reference textbooks are available for purchase.

Institutions also will receive a participant data form in the start-up package for registering participants who wish to receive contact hour credit. The participant data form will need to be completed and submitted with payment. Each participant receiving nursing contact hours will be assigned their own username and password to access the course. Participants not receiving nursing contact hours will access the course using the organization’s assigned username.

Upon receipt of the registration form, individuals will receive a start-up package which includes: your assigned username and password, logon instructions, and a copy of our Principles of Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring reference textbook.