Session: : Bonus General Session:

Bonus General Session: QI Tools for Dismantling Racism (GSB)

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CDT

CE: 1

NCC Codes:
RNC-NIC: 4
NNP-BC: 5
RNC-LRN: 5

Keynote Speaker(s)

Renee Byfield, MS, RN, FNP, C-EFM

Director, SPEAK UP Program
Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement
Loganville, Georgia, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Handouts

Moderator(s)

Kristin Jean Howard, DNP, APRN,NNP-BC

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Children's Hospital Colorado
Centennial, Colorado, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Renee Byfield, MS, RN, FNP, C-EFM: Disclosure information not submitted.

Kristin Jean Howard, DNP, APRN,NNP-BC : Disclosure information not submitted.

Black mothers die at 3-4 times the rate of all other mothers, leaving newborns without a mother, and a family without their cornerstone, compass, and anchor. Research shows that inequities in outcomes are primarily due to differences in how Black and People of Color are treated within the health care setting based on race (racism). This session will focus on an innovative approach created by The Institute of Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI) SPEAK UP Implicit and Explicit Racial Bias to utilize quality improvement strategies to support individuals and groups with dismantling racism, providing quality equitable care, and reducing health disparities.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

Describe current trends in maternal and neonatal mortality and racial disparities
Outline factors that contribute to Black maternal racial and ethnic disparities
Implement quality improvement strategies to reduce inequities in maternal and neonatal care to promote reconciliation and healing