Category 2: Emergency Skills for Newborn Care.
At least one course must include a hands-on component. A minimum of 15 contact hours must be from the topics below.- Conditions affecting the Newborn
- Delivery Complications—Breeches and Twins
- Fetal Heart Monitoring
- Neonatal Resuscitation of the Newborn
- Newborn and Maternal Emergencies
- Sessions from past workshops which are eligible if you attended them
Any health provider course accredited for CEUs/CMEs/CNEs in these topics:
- Recognizing and responding to Newborn emergencies
- Recognizing and responding to Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
- Recognizing and responding to preterm or low birth weight babies
- Recognizing and responding to newborn infections and metabolic disorders
- Emergency skills for the delivery and immediate care of twins
- Emergency skills for the delivery and immediate care of breeches
Conditions Affecting the Newborn
- Jaundice: Friend or Foe? by Holly Scholles, MA, CPM, LDM 3 hours, $60
- Lip and Tongue Tie: Fad or Life-Long Health Issue, Gold Perinatal series Oct 13- Nov 30, 2015, Dr. Martin Kaplan, D.M.D. 60 minutes
- Assess and Manage the Well Newborn (National Certification Corporation module WB2440, 10 CEUs)
- Out-of-Hospital Newborn Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening (The Virginia Department of Health, March 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT, 1 CEU) 3/18/18 CEUs are now available.
- PROM, GBS, and Newborn Procedures (3 hr) currently onsite class but may become available online
- Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Using Pulse Oximetry (Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13755, for 2.5 contact hours. Available on-demand at HiveCE), $45
- Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum. A full course that certifies the midwife by national standards to do newborn hearing screens. 3 CEUs.
Delivery Complications—Breeches and Twins (CEUs count in either Category 1 or Category 2)
- The Art and Science of Breech Birth, Lynn Arnold (on-site 7 credit hours)
Fetal Heart Monitoring
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Introductory AWHONN FHM course ($70 online 2.8 credit hours); Intermediate AWHONN FHM course (2-day onsite course, 18 credit hours)
- Intrapartum Fetal Assessment for Midwives – Lynn Arnold (on-site 3.5 credit hours)
- Fetal Assessment In Labor, 9 hours
Neonatal Resuscitation of the Newborn
- American Academy of Pediatrics/Neonatal Resuscitation Program (AAP/NRP) Provider Course: (Must include both the online CE Certificate and the documentation of a hands-on course.)
- Version 7 or higher online course counts for 11 hours plus 4 hours hands on. Total 15 credit hours
- Integrative Resuscitation of the Newborn (course by Karen Strange) which includes the NRP online course and hands-on workshop leading to the NRP course completion, and additional material specific to out-of-hospital providers Submit NRP card as above. Karen’s course meets the criteria for the hands-on portion and an additional 1.5 hours related to midwifery care. NRP Version 7 – Total 16.5 credit hours
- STABLE Courses Click on learner courses to find current list, ask about credits and hours
- Newborn Assessment (NetCE Course 32261, 10 credits)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 8 hours
- Theory of Biodynamic Resuscitation of the Newborn (This course has been approved by MEAC for 6 hours of continuing education through June 7th, 2023 only.)
Newborn and Maternal Emergencies
- Mercy in Action: Global Midwifery Skills: Maternal and Newborn Survival Best Practices; online, (4 hours Category 1: Maternal and 4 hours Category 2: Neonate), $239
- Perinatal Complications: Taught by Mercy In Action’s Adjunct Pediatricians; online, 5 hours, $149
- Preventing Mother-to-Child-Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Hep B&C; online, 4 hours, $119
Sessions at MANA 2021:
- Click here for the Gold Learning page where you can still buy the entire conference of sessions. When you get to this page, if you mouse-over the text “credits available,” it will tell you whether the course offers CEUs for the Midwifery Bridge Certificate. If you already bought and completed sessions at the conference, your CEU certificate will list which apply to the Bridge Certificate.