Addressing Infant Mortality:
Surveillance, Prevention and Bereavement Support
A Continuing Education Program for Inpatient Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Nurses
Provided by
The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey
Wednesday Morning, September 25, 2013
Newton Medical Center in the
Auditorium Conference Center - Room 100
175 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860
Agenda
7:30 AM
Sign In and Continental Breakfast
Breakfast Compliments of the NJ Chapter of the March of Dimes
8:00 AM
Welcome
Amy Gole, RNC-MNN, Ed.M, NE-BC
Director of Education, Partnership for MCH of Northern New Jersey
8:15 AM
Overview of the Partnership’s Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program
Goals, Process, Findings and Recommendations
Carly Worman Ryan, MA
Director, Public Health Programs, Partnership for MCH of Northern New Jersey
9:00 AM
Providing Bereavement Support to Families after an Infant Death
Carly Worman Ryan
9:45 AM
Stretch Break
10:00 AM
Nurses LEAD the Way: Safe Sleep Practices for Infants
Barbara Ostfeld, PhD
Program Director, SIDS Center of New Jersey
Professor, Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick
11:45 AM
Program Evaluation
12 Noon
Adjourn
Conference Goals
 To increase nurses’ knowledge about the Partnership’s Fetal and Infant Mortality
Review Program and what they can do to refer families to it
 To increase nurses’ understanding of the bereavement process and how they can
support families who are grieving
 To update nurses on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2011 Guidelines for a Safe
Infant Sleeping Environment
Objectives
As a result of attending this continuing nursing education program, participants will be able to:
 Describe New Jersey’s Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program.
 Explain to a woman who has lost a baby the potential benefits of her participating in the
Partnership’s Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program.
 Describe the bereavement process.
 Name at least three actions a nurse can take to support a family who has lost an infant.
 Name at least three resources nurses can use with grieving families.
 Discuss the critical risk reduction message for parents and caregivers in order to reduce
the risk of SIDS/SUID (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sudden Unexpected Infant
Death).
 List at least three barriers to back sleeping.
 Describe the nurse’s key role as educator to parents and caregivers about SIDS/SUID.
 Describe at least three ways to effectively communicate SIDS/SUID risk reduction
messages to parents and caregivers.
Target Audience
Inpatient perinatal, neonatal and pediatric nurses, who provide care for newborns and
education for their parents, especially nurses who work in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
This program has been awarded 3.5 contact hours.
The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey is an approved provider
of continuing nursing education by NJSNA, an accredited approver, by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider #P194-11/10-13. Provider approval is valid through November 30, 2013.
Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education activities only and does not imply
approval or endorsement of any commercial product.
Successful completion: To receive contact hours for this CNE program, the registrant must sign
in on the sign-in sheet, attend the entire program and complete and submit the program
evaluation form.
Registration
Fee: None – this is a free continuing nursing education program. However, a personal check
for $15 payable to the Partnership for MCH is requested to hold your seat. Check will be
returned to you when you sign in. If you do not attend, the Partnership will deposit your check.
Disclosures
The speakers and the planners have no vested interest in the content of this continuing nursing
education activity to disclose.
Funding for the continental breakfast for this continuing nursing education activity is being
provided by an unrestricted educational grant from the NJ Chapter of the March of Dimes.
Conference Planning Committee
Marie Hogarty, Amy Gole and Carly Worman Ryan from the Partnership for Maternal and Child
Health of Northern New Jersey and Barbara Ostfeld from the SIDS Center of New Jersey
Directions for Parking and Finding the Meeting Room
The program is being held in the Newton Medical Center Conference Center (Sussex House) Room
100. Enter the NMC campus at the main entrance off Route 94 (next to day care center) follow the
drive up the hill. At the top of the hill the conference center is the white building on the right. Park
anywhere close to the building. Room 100 is on the main floor of the building.
For more information, contact Amy Gole at agole@partnershipmch.org 973268-2280, ext. 111.
To register, complete the form on the next page:
Mail registration form ASAP with your personal check for $15 payable to the Partnership for
MCH of Northern NJ to Amy Gole at the Partnership for MCH of Northern NJ,
50 Park Place; 7th Floor, Suite 700, Newark, New Jersey 07102
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