High-Risk NICU Certification Review Program Agenda (Subject to Change)

DAY ONE

7:00     Registration/Sign-in

7:30     Maternal History and Risk Factors

8:30     Gestational Age Assessment

9:00     Physical Assessment

10:00   Break

10:15   Neonatal Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, & Throat

11:00   Thermoregulation

11:45   Lunch (on your own)

12:30   Fluids & Electrolytes

1:30     Neonatal Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

2:30     Break

2:45     The Developmentally-Appropriate NICU Environment

3:30     Family Integration/Role Adaptation/Discharge Planning and Follow-up

4:00     Evaluations/Adjourn

DAY TWO

7:00     Registration/Sign-in

7:30     Neonatal Blood Gas Interpretation

8:45     Newborn Transition to Extrauterine Life

9:30     Break

9:45     Respiratory Conditions Affecting the Newborn

10:45   Neonatal Pharmacology

11:45   Lunch (on your own)

12:30   Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

1:15     Metabolic/Endocrine

2:00     Break

2:15     Gastrointestinal Disorders/Necrotizing Enterocolitis

3:15     Professional Issues:  Research/Ethical and Legal Issues

4:00     Evaluations/Adjourn

DAY THREE

7:00     Registration/Sign-in

7:30     Cardiac Defects and Associated Embryology

9:45     Break

10:00   Hematology/Hyperbilirubinemia and Jaundice

10:45   Neonatal Infectious Disease

11:45   Lunch (on your own)

12:30   Genetics/Congenital Anomalies

1:15     Neonatal Neurology

2:15     Break

2:30     Renal/Genitourinary Disorders in the Newborn

3:15     Test Taking Strategies

4:00     Wrap-up/Evaluations/Adjourn