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Denna L. Suko, MA
Executive Director
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Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel 1: 888-282-CIMS
Tel 2: 919-863-9482
Fax: 919-787-4916
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| e-CIMS News |
June 10, 2009 |
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Informed Consent & Refusal
in Maternity Care
Register today for this free CIMS Webinar
It's time to put women back in the driver's seat when it comes to making maternity care decisions. CIMS' experts have examined how current laws and professional practice guidelines affect patient decision-making in maternity care. This FREE Webinar demonstrates how patient access to evidence-based research is particularly important during a time when perinatal mortality and morbidity rates, interventions, and disparities are on the rise in the U.S. Need a continuing education certificate? Processing fees apply.
Participants will learn the legal and ethical responsibilities that health care professionals have to provide informed consent and refusal, the components of informed consent and refusal and how to implement them fully during their interactions with patients, the benefits of informed patient decision making, and ways that healthcare professionals can utilize this knowledge to affect policy change within their institutions. This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15290, for 1.33 contact hours. This program is approved by the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) for 1 contact hour of continuing education.
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Upcoming Webinars
CIMS The Birth Survey Marketing Training, June 23
- Sept. 15 "Increasing Transparency in Maternity Care Through the Birth Survey Project"
- Nov. 17 "Beginning and Promoting In and Out-of-Hospital Lamaze Classes"
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Workshops of Interest for Professionals
Academy of Certified Birth Educators and Labor Support Professionals
- June 5-7, Metro NYC (Parsippany, NJ)
- Aug. 28-30, Washington, DC (Silver Spring, MD)
- June 22-24, Doula and Labor Support Training Workshop (Albuquerque, NM)
- June 25-27, Basic Training for the Childbirth Educator Workshop (Albuquerque, NM)
- June 27-28, Basic Training for the Childbirth Educator Workshop (Oakland, CA)
- July 17, Educating the Educator Workshop (ICEA Certified Educators Only) (Woodwinds, MN)
- Creativity, Connection and Commitment: Supporting Teens During the Childbearing Year
- Lamaze Breastfeeding Support Specialist Workshop
- Lamaze Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills
- Lamaze Labor Support Specialist Workshop
- July 15-17, London, England (tentative)
- Sept. 10-11, Columbus, OH
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National Conferences (listed by date)
International Lactation Consultant Association 2009 Conference and Annual Meeting July 22-26, Orlando, FL**Early bird registration extended to June 15** The Big Push for Midwives Campaign PushSummit 2009 July 12-15, Birmingham, ALDONA International Annual Conference Aug. 6-9, Atlanta, GAAmerican Association of Birth Centers Annual Birth Institute "Change in Childbirth: Hope for a New Generation" Sept. 3-6, Savannah, GALamaze International 2009 Annual Conference "Celebrating the Magic of Normal Birth" Oct. 1-4, Walt Disney World, FLMarch of Dimes Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity
International Childbirth Education Association 2009 ICEA International Convention Oct. 15-17, Oklahoma City, OK**Early bird registration ends Aug. 14, 2009** Birth Works International Conference "Primal Health: Global Lessons From the Womb" Oct. 16-18, Portland, MEPre-conference workshops Oct. 15
Birth Works Childbirth Educator Workshop Oct. 19-21Midwives Alliance 2009 "Rising Tide: Women, Midwives and the Future" Oct. 22-25, Asilomar, CACIMS Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum & Annual Meeting Feb. 26-27, 2010, Austin, TXSelect presentations from the 2009 CIMS Forum are now available on our website |
For Expectant Families
- June 20 Baby Fair (Sterling Heights, MI)
- July 9 & July 12 Normal Birth Film Festival (Corvallis, OR)
Choices in Childbirth offers free monthly meetings on topics pertaining to pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum for expectant parents at various locations throughout New York City. Email Kelly at kelly@choicesinchildbirth.org for up to date information or to RSVP for June and/or July's meetings. Upcoming events include:
- June 22 "Inspiring Birth Stories: Coping with Labor"
- July 13 "Men and Birth: Inspiring Stories from Dads"
Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond from Lamaze International offers a wide range of information and tools for expectant families, including:
- "Building Confidence: Week-by-Week," a pregnancy e-newsletter for expectant families.
- Lamaze Class Locator
- Giving Birth With Confidence Blog
- "Ask Henci" Online Discussion Forum with obstetric research expert Henci Goer
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About Us
You are receiving this e-CIMS News to keep you up to date on CIMS' activities, research, policy issues, and conferences that may be of interest to you. If you have suggestions on what resources or information you would like to see in upcoming editions of e-CIMS News, please e-mail us at info@motherfriendly.org.
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