Skills Training Program 2011-2012
Costs- 1-year contract paid upfront $600 (Does not include advanced Trainings)
Advanced trainings $150 for overnight including food.
Saturday Community trainings- Free
9 am to 12 pm on Fridays
November:
18. Program orientation, student ethics, confidentiality agreement signed
25. No Class Thanksgiving
December:
2. Handwashing, Gloving ungloving,, sterile technique, Universal precautions, pathogen and routes of transmission, MRSA look over CDC website http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare/
9. Sterilization of instruments, types and use, quality, proper care, sharpening, and storing.
16. Use of Stethoscope, Otoscope, Ophthalmoscope, O2 safety and setup, sphygmomanometer. Assessing maternal pulses, temp, resp, skin, blood pressure. (Please bring sphygmomanometer and stethoscope to class).
23 and 30: No class
January:
6. Basic Lifesaving Skills: General lifting, two-person sheet life, shock,
13.Clinical Interviewing Skills
20.Motivational Interviewing
27. Developing Cultural Competencies.
February:
3. General counseling for the antepartum period, specific counseling and education for the antepartum period.
10. Specific Counseling and Education for the postpartum period
17. SOAP charting, record keeping, oral client history
24.Hemoglobin Analysis, Hematocrit, Glucose, Urinalysis
March
2. Breast exam assessment for breastfeeding
9. CVAT, Deep tendon reflexes of the Knee, Clonus, basic physical exam, EDD
13. well woman assessment, speculum exam, assessment of uterus ovaries, cervix, bimanual exam, vulva, vagina, cervix, perineum, anus.
30. PAP test, gynecological cultures, pelvic measurements, cervical cap fitting, IUD placement, prepping wet mount slide and microscope use
April
6. Leopold’s Maneuvers, Obstetrical Abdominal Evaluation, over 28 weeks, non-vertex presentation, fundal height, Edema, routine prenatal exam
20. No class
13.Fetal Heart Rate auscultation and monitoring, NST, Biophysical Profile
27.Post-dates/Post-term, Induction Augmentation, input-output during labor, Prep of birth room, O2 set up with bag and mask, warmer, neonatal rescues ready
May
4. Basic intrapartum exam, maternal monitoring, intrapartum pelvic exam, AROM, assessing for rupture of membranes, PROM
11.assessment of contractions, labor patterns, within- normal limits, hydration, energy expenditure, maternal exhaustion.
18. Basic Comfort measures for birth, reflexology, and stages of labor, enema, and catheterization
25. No class
June
1. No Class
8. Meconium, FHT assessment review, Newborn Suction Techniques
15. Edematous Cervical Lip, Head repositioning, Nucal Cord, Hand/Arm, Ritgen Manuever, Hand Maneuvers to Assist delivery
22. Immediate Postpartum Maternal Care, Placental Delivery, Manual Removal
29. No Class
July No Classes
August
24. Post Partum bleeding, estimation of blood loss, Assessment of placenta, cord blood samples, Hemorrhage
31.Suturing, Episiotomy
September
7. Bathing of Mother and Baby, General Postpartum assessment of mother, six week postpartum exam
14.Immediate acre of neonate, camping and cutting of cord, temperature regulation of newborn. Assessment of APGAR, resp, cardia, temps, O2 free flow, eye ointment, vitamin K,
21.Newborn exam and 24 hour exam, well-baby checks, Gestational Age assessment, Jaundice assessment and recommendations
28. STATE Lab: Metabolic screening techniques, hearing screening
October
5. Phlebotomy skills
12. IV Skills
19. Injections, Local Anesthetic, IV antibiotics, IV pit for hemorrhage, Allergic reactions in mother of baby
Saturday special topic free community classes classes:
January 14th : Working with women with histories of traumatic body experiences, PTSD and pregnancy
February 18th : Love Your Body Week: Body Image, Eating Disorders, and pregnancy and Postpartum
March 24th : Ethics in professional practice, bridging the gap between medicine and midwifery
April 28st : Marketing in the Healthcare profession
Additional dates to be determined (not included in normal fee):
Retreat 1 Advance Complications: Management of Breech, Twin, Posterior, Fetal repositioning, Shoulder dystocia, Gaskin Maneuver, Cord Prolapse, McRobert’s, Abnormal Intrapartal bleeding.
Retreat 2 Emotional healing during the pregnancy period, empowerment, and stress management for providers. Avoiding professional burnout!
NRP and CPR
