Course Length: 1 day
Class Times: 09:00 AM – 04:30 PM

Course Description:
Purpose: To enable the learner to have the knowledge and skills required to meet program standards as a nurse in the Better Birth Outcomes – Comprehensive (BBO-C) and/or High Risk Family Case Management (HRFCM) programs. This in-person training is designed to give Maternal Child Health Nurses an overview of their role in the IDHS prevention-focused MCH programs to prioritize the engagement between the dyad and their medical home. The course will explore the nurses’ role to support health literacy when engaging with birthing families in the community public health setting.  However, please note that this course is not an ESPDT course, as the DHS programs are not intended to be a replacement for assessments done by the medical home.

*Registration for this course closes one week prior to the training date.

Planner: Renee S. Byrd, BS, MSEd

Instructor: Jennifer Bradshaw, BSN, RN, CLC

Performance Objectives

Objective:  Build confidence in providing health education and promote best clinical practice while performing nursing assessments for the dyad during the following periods:

1.           Prenatal (conception to delivery)

2.           Postpartum (birth through 12 months postpartum)

3.           Newborn (birth through 12 months of age)

By the end of the course, the learner should be able to:

1.           Identify basic physiologic changes during each stage of pregnancy, postpartum, and infancy.

2.           Identify typical and atypical symptoms and assessment findings during each stage.

3.           Provide client-centered health education during each stage. 

4.           Identify clinical warning signs and next steps to take if a warning sign is identified.

Course Code PT – BMCH

Contact Hours RN:

Trainer(s)
Jennifer Bradshaw, RN, BSN, CLC

Training Type Bureau of Maternal & Child Health (BMCH)

This is not an EPSDT training.  Participants do not need to bring any nursing tools (stethoscope, BP cuff, etc.) to class.  

Lunch will not be provided.