Electronic fetal monitoring. Education and quality assurance.
Although electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) has been widely used in clinical practice for more than two decades, educational standards and competency validation for EFM use in hospitals have been developed only recently. This article highlights a community hospital's program for EFM. Basic education, staff development, and quality assurance activities involving staff nurses and managers are discussed.
Eganhouse
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St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
D004282:Documentation; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care