Member Price: FREE
Available: July 1, 2026
Title: Beyond the Vital Signs: Maternal Early Warning Systems and What Every Nurse Practitioner Can Learn from Them
Description:
The content is based on current evidence, national clinical practice guidelines, and expert consensus on the recognition and management of maternal clinical deterioration. The activity describes the physiologic rationale for pregnancy-specific early warning criteria and the four leading causes of preventable severe maternal morbidity (obstetric hemorrhage; sepsis; preeclampsia with severe-range hypertension; and cardiopulmonary dysfunction); compares the structure and evidence base of maternal early warning systems (MEWC and MEWT) with early warning tools used in other patient populations (NEWS2, MEWS, and PEWS); and applies principles of structured escalation and response reliability — including time-critical pharmacologic management and the decision to escalate or transfer — across nurse practitioner practice settings. Content is presented free of commercial bias and reflects the best available evidence.
Presenters: Antay Waters, PhD, DNP, APRN, CNM, WHNP-BC, CRNFA, CNE, C-EFM, C-OBE, FNPWH
Release Date: July 1, 2026
Expiration Date: July 1, 2027
Learner Outcome:
At the conclusion of the activity, learners will identify the four leading causes of preventable severe maternal morbidity and explain the physiologic rationale for using pregnancy-specific early warning criteria, as demonstrated by correct responses to the in-activity knowledge-check questions.
Accreditation:
Learners will be awarded 1 Contact Hour. Completion of the course and evaluation are required.
Provider Statement:
Texas Nurse Practitioners is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. If you are required to use an activity number or provider number on certificates, please use LSNA Provider N003232
Disclosures:
No disclosures exist for presenters or Nurse Planners of this Educational Activity
