CAPACITY offers free, self-paced courses designed to help RNs strengthen knowledge and skills to practice to the full scope of license in community-based primary care settings.

In this module, you'll listen to two podcasts on maternal health disparities.

Objectives

• Develop an understanding of the RN’s lived experience of addressing social and structural determinants of health in the maternal health setting 
• Evaluate the impact of The COVID pandemic and exacerbation of underlying chronic health conditions 
• Explore the impact of societal problems on the experiences of pregnant populations in the clinical setting 
• Explore strategies to better care for populations at risk for health inequities
• Discuss the role of the RN in policy and the potential influence on health outcomes
• Discover how nurses can work to expand their influence within the political infrastructure
• Discuss the biggest challenges impacting the nursing profession from a policy perspective

Learner Disclosures:

• Accreditation Status: Emory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
• Financial Relationships: ENPDC has evaluated everyone who has the ability to control content of this activity (planning committee members, subject matter experts, presenters) and found that no relevant financial relationships exist.
• Awarding Contact Hours: To obtain contact hours participants must
• Review the entire activity
• Complete the evaluation at the end
• Certificates will be distributed at the end of the evaluation.
• Enduring Materials Dates:
• Start Date: 06/30/2022
• Expiration Date: 06/29/2025

Need Help with Registration? Please contact us at ene@emory.edu or 404-727-9208.