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Goals and Learning Outcomes

In recent years, healthcare professionals have made significant progress in the prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of many perinatal infections. Conditions that were once common, such as congenital rubella syndrome, have been eliminated through effective screening, immunization, and treatment. However, infections remain a threat during the perinatal period. This module includes a brief overview of infectious processes related to perinatal infections including epidemiology, methods of assessment and diagnosis, and recommended screening and treatment protocols.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Discuss changes in the prevalence of certain perinatal infections in relation to effective screening and vaccination programs
  • Differentiate between universal screening and high-risk prenatal screening protocols
  • Explain the modes of transmission of various pathogens from an infected mother to her fetus/newborn
  • Recognize maternal and fetal/newborn acute clinical manifestations and long-term sequelae that occur in association with perinatal infections
  • Describe the standards for diagnosis and management of selected perinatal infections recommended by national guidelines
  • Discuss the role of the nurse as a health educator in caring for the woman who presents with, or is at increased risk for developing, a perinatal infection
  • Describe the etiology and epidemiology, assessment, diagnosis, management, and treatment of perinatal infections.
  • Explain modes of transmission of various pathogens during the perinatal period.
  • List clinical outcomes associated with perinatal infections.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 05/01/19

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.