Health Disparities Among Prenatal Patients
This course is designed for nurses who are involved in any stage of high-risk pre and perinatal care. This course is designed to raise awareness of high-risk prenatal morbidity and mortality rates and to promote knowledge of the guidelines for high-risk obstetrical care, to reduce health disparities and improve patient outcomes.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Display knowledge of prenatal risk factors and their potential effects on both mother and baby.
- Apply knowledge of existing health disparities regarding prenatal outcomes.
- Outline measurable goals that will improve fetal and maternal outcomes.
- Demonstrate patient teaching points that relate to high-risk prenatal care.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction and Management of High-Risk Obstetrical Patients
- Introduction: Healthcare Disparities Among Prenatal Patients
- Factors of Disparity
Chapter 2: Factors That Increase Health Risks of Pregnancy
- Hypertension/Preeclampsia
- Diabetes
- Thromboembolism
- Obesity
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Advanced Maternal Age
- Multiple Gestation
- Exposure to Alcohol and Tobacco
- Kidney Disease
Chapter 3: Health Disparities and Trends in Infant and Maternal Outcomes in the US
- Maternal and Infant Mortality
- Patient’s Educational Needs
- Review – Healthcare Disparities Among Prenatal Patients
- Case Studies – Healthcare Disparities Among Prenatal Patients
Chapter 4: References
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
- References
- About the Author
Price: $10.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
HTRSD.org
HTRSD is a provider of continuing education training focused on human trafficking and other social disparities for health care providers, as well as courses that address nurses' health and well-being and under-served topics in advanced critical care.
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