NH AIM/ERASE Maternal Mortality Webinar Series - From Screening to Action: Setting the Stage for an Honest Patient Discussion

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12:00 PM - Sunday, February 13, 2028, 1:00 PM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

This session will take attendees “From screening to action: Setting the stage for an honest patient discussion.” Our AIM implementation team and the NHPQC will briefly share administrative updates, details from the Perinatal Mental Health Conditions (PMHC) Patient Safety Bundle, and relevant data. We'll then hear from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital's Jess Bacon, DNP, CNM, FACNM and Rachel Myers, MSN, RN, CNL, C-EFM, CSSGB as they share learnings from universal perinatal mental health screening implementation. The speakers will share actionable examples of fruitful screening discussions and strategies for building trust with patients before engaging in a Q&A session with attendees.

Presenters

Jess Bacon, DNP, CNM, FACNM at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Rachel Myers, MSN, RN, CNL, C-EFM, CSSGB at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Emily Brayton, RN, Perinatal Outreach Nurse at DHMC

1. Describe key reasons for implementing universal screening processes.
2. Discuss strategies to increase patient engagement in the screening process.
3. Identify one new patient discussion approach that you can implement in your own practice.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health 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. 

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Bibliographic Material

• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing. (2022). Volume 51, Issue 4, e1 - e4 Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

• Optimizing Outcomes for Women With Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. (2019) Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 48, Issue 5, 583 – 585. Optimizing Outcomes for Women With Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

• Intimate Partner Violence. (2017). Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 44, Issue 3, 405 – 408 Intimate Partner Violence - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

• American College of Nurse-Midwives. Position statement. Mental health during childbirth and across the lifespan. Accessed January 23, 2025. PS-Mental Health During Childbirth and Across Lifespan.pdf

• American College of Nurse-Midwives. Position statement. Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy. Accessed January 23, 2025. Addiction in Pregnancy

• American College of Nurse-Midwives. (2016). Position statement. Prevention of Gun Violence. Accessed January 23, 2025. GunViolencePositionStatementFINAL2016

• Screening and diagnosis of mental health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 4. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2023;141:1232–61. Screening and Diagnosis of Mental Health Conditions During Pregnancy and Postpartum | ACOG

• Opioid use and opioid use disorder in pregnancy. Committee Opinion No. 711. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2017;130:e81–94. Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy | ACOG

• Intimate partner violence. Committee Opinion No. 518. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2012; 119:412–7. Reaffirmed 2022. Intimate Partner Violence | ACOG

• Addressing social and structural determinants of health in the delivery of reproductive health care. Committee Statement No.

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2024;144:e113–e20. Addressing Social and Structural Determinants of Health in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Care | ACOG

• NNEPQIN. (2021). A toolkit for the perinatal care of pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorders. NNEPQIN-Toolkit-Updated-11_5_21.pdf

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