AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM)
Date/Time:	Thu 7/23/2026 at 9:00 AM
Location:	Roseville
Class Price:	$245.00

This course addresses principles of fetal heart monitoring and may be used as a knowledge assessment tool to validate the comprehension of experienced perinatal clinicians. This course includes lectures and hands-on skill stations, including performing Leopold maneuvers, placement of an intrauterine pressure catheter and fetal spiral electrode, interpretation of fetal monitoring tracings using a case-based approach, identification of physiologically based clinical interventions, and communication and risk management principles. This course can be used to support preparation for certification examinations. There is a recommended renewal date every two years for the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course.

Learning Outcomes:

• Interpret fetal heart rate monitoring using NICHD terminology within a safety culture framework of interdisciplinary teamwork

•Describe clinical interventions and related maternal-fetal physiology to optimize fetal oxygenation

• Demonstrate collaborative communication in the perinatal setting

• Demonstrate common perinatal procedures related to fetal monitoring

Nursing Contact Hours/CME Credit:

11.5 total nursing contact hours/11.5 CME credit available through January 31, 2028 (0.5 hours may be used towards pharmacology hours).

Course Format:

Successful completion of online prerequisite education is required prior to attending the one-day in-person portion of the course.

• prerequisite online learning approximately three and half hours.

• in-person is eight hours (cannot be taught virtually). Nursing contact hours/CME credit will be awarded after the successful completion of the online knowledge validation test and evaluation after the in-person course and is required to receive nursing contact hours/CME credit for the course.

Purchase the Participant Materials:

This course is only the in class skills session. It is required to purchase the "Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course: Participant Materials. We highly reccomend ordering through Kendall Hunt Publishing. Once you register, you will recieve a confirmation email with a step by step on how to purchase the book and online portion.