Description: 

Neonatal complications and death are rare but serious outcomes in perinatal care that often have multifactorial causes. Rarely can all the causes be fully understood and appreciated without an interdisciplinary approach involving physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. The perinatal M&M provides a forum for different care teams to come together and engage in discussion related to neonatal deaths and the management of future complex cases. It provides a learning opportunity and open communication platform for the OB, NICU, and maternal and fetal physicians and nurses.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Learning Objectives:

After Attending this Activity, Learners Should be Able to:

1. Discuss challenging neonatal cases with the interprofessional team to support reflection on how the prenatal and perinatal care may have affected the neonatal outcome.

2. Describe the pathophysiology of neonatal diseases that lead to morbidity and mortality and how to change practice to improve outcomes.

3. Detect cultural and/or linguistic concerns and other social drivers of health, for example maternal obesity, advanced age, no prenatal care, which might impact patient care or outcome.

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

1. Crear-Perry, J., Correa-de-Araujo, R., Lewis Johnson, T., McLemore, M. R., Neilson, E., & Wallace, M. (2021). Social and Structural Determinants of Health Inequities in Maternal Health. Journal of women's health (2002), 30(2), 230–235. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.8882
2. Reno, R. & Hyder, A. (2018). The evidence base for social determinants of health as risk factors for infant mortality: A systematic scoping review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 29(4). https://muse.jhu.edu/article/708237/summary
3. Gopal, D., Chetty, U., O’Donnell, P., Gajria, C., & Blackadder-Weinstein, J. (2021). Implicit bias in healthcare: Clinical practice, research and decision making. Future Healthcare Journal, 8(1), 40-48. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004354/
4. Carter, E. & Mazzoni, S. (2021). A paradigm shift to address racial inequities in perinatal healthcare. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology; 224(4): 359-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2020.11.040

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any 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. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC