Healthier Communities
Friday, January 8, 2016 from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Spectrum Health Healthier Communities
665 Seward Avenue NW, Suite 210, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (Free parking on-site.)
Contact hours: 3.5 Nursing and 3.5 Social Work. No Fee.
Registration Information: Email nancy.roberts@spectrumhealth.org
and leave your name, phone, and organization or call 616.391.2561
Spectrum Health Employees - Register in SHLI Online. Search for Perinatal Mood Class size is limited to 50 participants
Purpose: This conference will assist the attendees in the understanding, identification, and treatment for women who experience a Perinatal Mood Disorder so that they can most effectively and holistically support and assist the affected mother and her family towards wellness.
Objectives:
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Differentiate between the symptoms of each Perinatal Mood Disorder: Baby blues, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety/panic, postpartum obsessive/compulsive, post-traumatic stress syndrome due to childbirth, postpartum psychosis.
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Describe 6 risk factors for the Perinatal Mood Disorders.
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Identify recommended screening measures for Perinatal Mood Disorders.
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State 3 different treatment options for Perinatal Mood Disorders.
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Describe Perinatal Mood Disorder resources available to healthcare providers and consumers.
Target audience: Nursing, Social Work, and Healthcare providers in Maternal Child Health areas: i.e. Labor and
Delivery, Postpartum, OB High Risk, Pediatrics, Neonatal, Home Health, Childbirth Education, Social Service
Agencies, Office personnel, etc.
Planning Committee: Susan VerWys, MSN, RN, FCN, Nancy Roberts, RN, CCE, CBC, Margaret Biersack, BSN, RN, CCE
Spectrum Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association an accredited approver by the America n Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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