Learn essential strategies to prevent neonatal hypoglycemia and safeguard newborn health.
Master the skills to identify and effectively manage neonatal hypoglycemia in home and birth center environments.
Gain valuable insights into the treatment, calculations, and dosing guidance to provide prompt and effective care.
Ensure Newborn Safety: Master Neonatal Hypoglycemia Identification, Treatment, and Management
Are you a midwife, doula, nurse, or birth professional committed to providing the safest care for newborns? Neonatal hypoglycemia can pose serious risks, but with the right knowledge and skills, you can confidently prevent and manage this condition. The Pacific Birth Institute's Neonatal Hypoglycemia Course empowers you to: Confidently Define & Identify: Understand neonatal hypoglycemia, its causes, risk factors, and clinical presentations. Prevent Complications: Learn how low blood sugar can impact a newborn's development and how early intervention can prevent long-term issues. Master Assessment & Management: Gain practical skills in blood glucose monitoring (including heel sticks), feeding techniques, and when to administer glucose gel or donor milk/formula. Prioritize Safety: Implement essential safety measures for both the baby and the birth team, including proper hygiene, sharp disposal, and maintaining the baby's temperature. Communicate Effectively: Clearly communicate risk factors, monitoring plans, and potential interventions with the birth team and family, ensuring informed consent and collaborative care. Know When to Transport: Understand the criteria for emergent and non-emergent transport, including clear communication with EMS and hospital staff using SBAR. Feel Empowered: Move into the next phase of your career with the tools and resources to confidently manage neonatal hypoglycemia. What You'll Learn: The definition and potential complications of neonatal hypoglycemia Key risk factors like gestational diabetes, prematurity, and birth asphyxia Recognizing the clinical presentation: lethargy, jitteriness, poor feeding, and more Step-by-step assessment techniques, including blood glucose monitoring Effective management strategies, including feeding protocols and glucose gel administration Clear communication guidelines for the birth team, family, and transport services Essential supplies and equipment for assessing and managing hypoglycemia Why Choose This Course? - Taught by Experienced Midwives: Learn from Jess Johnston, CPM, NARM Preceptor, and Jenn Hoadley, CNM, NARM Preceptor, two Alaskan home birth midwives passionate about safe community birth. - Evidence-Informed & Culturally-Responsive: Gain access to training that respects the human right to culturally-responsive and evidence-informed birth care. - Practical & Actionable: Walk away with protocols and skills you can immediately implement in your practice. - Prioritize Baby Safety: Prevention of low blood sugar is the single most important thing you can do to keep the baby safe. Who Should Take This Course? Midwives, Doulas, Midwife Assistants, Midwife Students, Nurses, Birth Keepers, anyone involved in newborn care. Invest in your skills and ensure the best possible outcomes for newborns in your care. Enroll in the Neonatal Hypoglycemia Course today!
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Pacific Birth Institute (PBI) is a leading perinatal education and training institute founded by professional and nurse midwives. Join us for comprehensive in-person programs like Midwifery Skills Days and Retreats and online for lives, webinars, and the world's largest Professional Birth Assistant Online Training. Empowering birth workers worldwide, PBI provides culturally responsive training for diverse learners in home and birth center births covering routine care, complications, and emergency management. With a commitment to improving maternal health outcomes, we bridge gaps in perinatal healthcare and equip birth workers with life-saving skills.
Unlock the Skills to Effectively Identify and Manage Neonatal Hypoglycemia Today
Take the first step towards enhancing neonatal care with this comprehensive E-Book. Overcome your doubts and gain confidence in managing neonatal hypoglycemia effectively.
$23.00