The OPS workshop is designed to help clinicians work together as a team using effective communication to identify, assess, and manage the care for patients with an obstetric emergency through simulation and debriefing. Clinicians working in the following departments: perinatal, emergency, medical-surgical, ICU, and critical access will find this course essential to caring for patients experiencing an obstetric emergency.

Location

West Virginia Wesleyan College Department of Nursing
Middleton Hall, Camden Avenue, Buckhannon, WV

Learning Outcomes

• Identify key factors that place the patient at higher risk for an obstetric emergency.
• Demonstrate effective management for pregnant or postpartum person during an obstetric emergency.
• Role-play with a multidisciplinary team using simulation-based cognitive, behavioral, and technical learning strategies to practice management of a patient experiencing an obstetric emergency.

Participant Materials

• The cost is $120 and can be purchased through the AWHONN Store (After purchasing the Workshop, an email will be sent that contains your participant code and the website to access the prerequisite). Materials are free of charge for this course.
• All materials are downloadable from your AWHONN webpage under “My Orders & Downloads.”
• Nursing contact hours or CME: 10.75 Expires: May 31, 2028

NOTE: Successful completion of the prerequisite course is required prior to attending the live portion of the Workshop. Access to the online prerequisite course begins 30 days prior to the Workshop date; this access ends 24 hours before the in-person Workshop.

Additional Information

Registration per hospital is limited to 2. Additional seats may be opened on 9/16/25. An email will be sent to nurse managers to notify of additional available seats.

Registration Deadline

Registration payment deadline is 10/10/25

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Accredited status does not imply endorsement by AWHONN or the ANCC of any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity. AWHONN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP580.
Physicians, this activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AWHONN. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AffinityCE designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Mention of any products in AWHONN’s Obstetric Patient Safety: OB Emergencies Workshop does not constitute an endorsement by AWHONN.
Diplomates who successfully complete this approved simulation activity are eligible to receive Part IV Practice Improvement credit for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.