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UPCOMING WEBINARS

February 2025

 

Date: February 27, 2025

 

Time: 12:00 EST

 

Title: Lessons Learned: Insights from Maternal Death Reports (2021-2022)

 

Description

Join us for a webinar designed to enhance your understanding of the critical role the coroner plays in maternal and newborn health investigations. Learn the role of nurses and other health professionals in contacting the corner. Learn what the recommendations may mean for your improvements in your organization and your care.

 

Learning Objectives

  • To review :
    • Role of the coroner and OPDRC
    • the coroner’s case review process
    • when do you report a case
  • To provide statistical data on maternal/newborn deaths and stillbirths
  • To  outline case histories and resultant recommendations
  • To discuss Canadian perinatal morbidity and mortality
  • To outline potential future directions for morbidity and mortality

 

 

Presenters:

Dr. Sharon Dore

Sharon has been an Advanced Practice Nurse in high risk Obs & Gyn at Hamilton Health Sciences and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Dept of Obs & Gyn at McMaster University.  She holds a BScN from McMaster University, a Masters in Education from Brock University and Masters and PhD in Nursing from Wayne State University (Detroit).

Sharon is an member Ontario Maternal and Perinatal Death Review Committee (coroner’s committee), National Fetal Health Surveillance steering committee, and Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses (CAPWHN) including as President. She has served on multiple SOGC committees including ALARM. Mortality, Obstetrical Content review, Guideline Oversite, Morbidity and Mortality and Conference Planning. She is an ALARM and FHS instructor.

 

 

Nancy Watts, RN

Nancy Watts, is a perinatal nurse with many years of experience in Labour and Delivery as a staff nurse, then as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and finally working as Manager of Quality and Patient Safety.  She has worked in a number of hospitals including Scarborough Grace, London Health Sciences and now Mount Sinai Hospital.

 

She continues to work on policy development and to teach fetal health surveillance as part of her role.  She has worked with others across Canada on the development of the OTAS score, originally with physicians and nurses at London Health Sciences.  She is a lifelong learner and has learned a lot in preparation for today’s webinar.

 

 

 

 

 

Register HERE

 

This webinar is free for CAPWHN members and $20.34 for non-members (to be paid by e-transfer at admin@capwhn.ca)

OTHER WEBINARS

Canadian Nurses Protective Society Webinars

 

The CNPS has a number of upcoming complimentary webinars* designed to help you reduce risk in your nursing practice.

Spaces are limited, so register early!

Visit cnps.ca/webinars for more information.

 

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Note: *CNPS webinars are free for CNPS beneficiaries and nursing students.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Past Webinar Recordings

 

AVAILABLE TO CAPWHN MEMBERS ONLY 

(requires login to members only site)

2024

 

Jan 17 – Cultural Safety and Humility in Indigenous Health and Care in Canada

 

Feb 29 – Induction of Labour: A Review of the 2023 SOGC Guideline

 

Sept 13 – Maternal Sepsis

 

October 8 – The Great Power of Nurses: The Influence of Nurses on Perinatal Outcomes

2023

 

May 30 – Maternal Mortality in Canada: We Can Do Better!

 

Oct 16 – Antenatal Fetal Health Surveillance: A Review of the 2023 SOGC Guideline

2022

 

January 11 – Towards a National Perinatal Mental Health Strategy

 

February 9 – Breaking the Cycle of Pain: Helping Women Navigate the Symptoms of Endometriosis

 

April 27 – Preserving the Time to Bond

 

June 21 – Promoting the Well-Being of Nurses: Sleeping with Science

 

September 14 – Covid-19 Infection and Vaccination During Pregnancy

2021

 

January 21 – Hémorragie Postpartum (French Webinar)

 

January 28 – Impacted Fetal Head

 

February 10 – Induction of Labour

 

February 22 – Trauma Informed Care

 

March 31 – Impacted Fetal Head

 

April 27 – Neonatal Skin Care

 

May 5 – COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy

 

May 19 – Health Outcomes and Experiences of WOmen with Disabilities in Ontario

 

June 8 – Multidisciplinary Team Challenges to Caring for Newborns with HIE

 

June 15 – Obesity in Pregnancy

 

December 8 – Vaccine Hesitancy: Best Practices in Moving Towards Vaccine Confidence

Recordings of past Webinars are available to CAPWHN members only.  Simply log in to the members only section of the website and click on Webinars.