Continuing Education

2003

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An annual nurse-midwifery professional seminar is held each spring. It is presented by the Greater Kansas City Chapter V-18, American College of Nurse-Midwives with co-sponsorship from organizations affiliated with continuing medical education. The 8th annual seminar was held on April 5, 2003 in the Helen F. Spencer Center for Education Building, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. At the completion of the seminar, participants were able to: identify elements of stress related to global women's health issues that are applicable to evidence-based practice today; apply the principles of evidence-based decision making in maternity and gynecological clinical settings; and identify the legislative issues and policies including federal, state and fiscal implications.

Topics and Faculty 2003:

When Mom is a Midwife

Peggy Vincent, RN, BSN, CNM, Author "Baby Catcher", Berkley, California

Caregiver Fatigue

Sr. Jeanne Meurer, CNM, MS, FACNM, CEO Women's Place, St. Louis, Missouri

Stress and Pregnancy: Impact or Inconvenience?

Elizabeth Wickstrom, MD, Perinatologist, Obstetrix, Medical Group of Kansas & Missouri, Perinatal Center, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Primer for Legislative Action

Jennifer Moore, RN BS, Senior Policy Analyst, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Washington, DC

Interpreting HRT Trials and Clinical Application

Jeanne Drisko, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, OB/GYN, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

HIPAA

Chris Pickering, JD, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, PC, Kansas City, Missouri

Grant Writing Basics

Marta Skalacki, BA, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas

Women's Waterworks: Stopping the Leak with Pelvic Floor Muscle Retraining

Sharon Foster, RN, ARNP, CNM, MN, Family Life Educator, Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas

Alternative Birth: Tricks of the Trade

Sheila Roth, CNM, APN, The Woman's Hour, Kansas City, Missouri and Kelli Fritz, MS, CNM, Birth Center of Topeka, Kansas

East Meets West: Medical Mission Trip to China

Cathy Gordon, RN, MSN, FNP, GNM Director and CEO, Mercy & Truth Health Care and Medical Missions, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Denise Fryzelka, CNM, APN, MS, Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas
Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, FACNM, Program Director, Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas

Depression and Women's Health

Doug Geenans, MD, Private Practice, Kansas City, Missouri

Stressed Out and Breastfeeding: How Care Providers Can Help

Suzanne Bentley, RN, CNM, MSN, IBCLC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Inpatient Obstetrics Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Continuing education credits for the 8th annual seminar were a maximum of 6.5 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physicians' Recognition Award sponsored by St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri and 9 nursing contact hours through the Missouri Nurses Association which is accredited by the Central Regional Accrediting Committee of the American Nurses Association.

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