Welcome
It is with great pleasure that the Perinatal Nursing Advisory Council invites you to
join us for the 38th Annual Perinatal Nursing Conference. The volunteers serving on this council work year-round to identify cutting edge topics and expert speakers.
Nursing is an honored profession and the March of Dimes embraces the opportunity to support professional development efforts. We encourage you to attend and support this March of Dimes program as we all work to protect our most precious resources—babies.
—The Perinatal Nursing Advisory Council—
Who We Are
The March of Dimes is a champion for all babies—those born healthy and those who need our help to survive and thrive. These babies are the millions of reasons behind our urgent mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature births and infant mortality by:
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Supporting Nobel Prize®-winning research offering hope for prevention and solutions for babies born too soon or with birth defects |
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Funding statewide quality improvement initiatives and programs which improve pregnancy outcomes and promote healthy mothers and babies |
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Advocating for legislation that promotes maternal and infant health such as newborn screening and creation of a statewide taskforce to combat prematurity
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Providing support and information to families with a newborn in the neonatal intensive care nursery or where there has been a perinatal loss |
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Providing public and professional education on issues relevant to the March of Dimes mission |
Conference Objectives
The goal of this 2-day program is to address significant and challenging areas of perinatal nursing practice. Upon course completion, the experienced professional will be better able to:
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Describe current trends and recent clinical advances which are significant to perinatal nursing practice |
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Explore societal and professional issues challenging the delivery of perinatal healthcare today |
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Improve quality of care based on evidence-based practices |
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Discuss nursing research relevant to the comprehensive care of the childbearing family |
Who Should Attend?
Nurses, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists,
Nurse Managers, Nursing Students
Childbirth Educators, Lactation Consultants, Health Educators,
Genetic Counselors, and Public Health Nurses.
Accreditation
Nurses: The Ohio Nurses Association has approved 12.25 contact hours for the 38th Annual Perinatal Nursing Conference. Day 1 = 6.5 Day 2 = 5.75.
Lactation Consultants: 12.25 contact hours have been approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91)(Thursday= 6.5, Friday= 5.75). The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
5.5 L-CERPs, 4.25 E-CERPs, and 17.25 R-CERPs have been approved by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. (IBCLE Approval #: C1339264)
Perinatal Nurse Excellence Award
Nominations may be submitted now through February 1, 2013 for the March of Dimes Perinatal Nurse Excellence Award. Five nurses will be recognized at the
conference for their outstanding commitment and creativity in approaching the day-to-day challenges in the perinatal setting. Recipients will be notified by February 8, 2013. Award winners
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receive free conference registration and will be recognized at the
Awards Luncheon on March 8, 2013. Nominators of award winners will be provided complimentary conference
attendance for March 8th.
Nomination forms are available by clicking here.
Poster Session
The March of Dimes Perinatal Conference Committee invites you to participate in our second annual poster session at the 2013 meeting.
Poster topics will be relevant to perinatal nursing. These posters will be research based as well as project based including processes related to evidence based
pracrtice projects and quality improvement initiatives. The authors will present during designated viewing sessions to discuss their research.
Poster abstract applications will be accepted through January 14, 2013. Abstract instruction packets can be downloaded by clicking here.
Session Tracking Assistant
To assist in distinguishing which sessions best fit your educational needs, the indicators below can be found next to each topic in the agenda. Many
sessions apply to multiple areas. Click here for detailed session descriptions to assist you in the selection process.
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Public Health |
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High Risk Newborn |
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Lactation |
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L&D/Mother Baby |
Our Green Initiative
In an ongoing effort to conserve resources and protect the environment, our brochure is shorter and registrations will be submitted online. Full session
descriptions can be viewed at: www.marchofdimesconference.com/sessions.
Speaker presentations will be available to download on Friday, March 1, 2013, prior to the conference. Handouts will not be available at the conference.
You will receive a special link upon registration with access to your speakers' presentation material.
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