| Description: | 14 contact hours: This certificate program is a multidisciplinary educational experience designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who provide care and support for childbearing women, newborns, and families. The demand for knowledgeable providers to meet the needs of this population is dramatically increasing; new jobs are being developed and new services created. If you are a health professional who works with this population (or would like to do so), this program will help you stay current with emerging trends in this specialized area of health care. Program Benefits: Your Certificate in Perinatal Issues will distinguish you as a knowledgeable, skilled, and committed professional in this specialized field of care. The program: enhances professional marketability, builds skills and competencies, and fulfills continuing education requirements for many professionals. This certificate program provides you with current knowledge in specific perinatal topics so you can effectively meet the needs of childbearing women, newborns, and families through a wide range of professional career paths. Participants: This certificate program is relevant for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses, licensed vocational or practical nurses, nursing assistants, and social workers. Curriculum: The Certificate in Perinatal Issues program provides 14 contact hours and includes the following four courses: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (3 contact hours); Diabetes in Pregnancy (5 contact hours); Prevention of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection (3 contact hours); and Postpartum Depression (3 contact hours). Requirements: Internet access, e-mail, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Accreditation: ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing nursing education only and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product. |
