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Optimizing the Operative Obstetric Patient with Interdisciplinary Collaboration #1111 (1.00 CH)

1111 - Optimizing the Operative Obstetric Patient with Interdisciplinary Collaboration #1111 (1.00 CH)

Speaker(s)

• CH

  Carrie Hughes, MSN, RNC-OB

  Clinical Nurse Educator, Labor and Delivery - York Hospital
  WellSpan Health/York Hospital
  York, PA
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  Sarah Bosserman, MSN, RN, CNOR

  Educator
  Well Span York Hospital
  Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Identified opportunities to improve practice and patient safety between the hospital's operative obstetric unit and general OR through collaboration will be shared. Teams used the principles of AORN and AWHONN to enhance patient outcomes and staff performance.

Learning Objectives:

• Compare the differences between general operative procedures and obstetric operative procedures.
• Examine the educational needs of a hospital's obstetric nurses and surgical technologists.
• Identify mechanisms used to improve the safety of the perioperative obstetric environment.
• Discuss barriers to the changes in a hospital's obstetric department.
• Examine the current state and results from the implemented changes.