Special KHA Quality Webinar: Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth
Special KHA Quality Webinar: Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth
August 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Reducing unnecessary primary cesarean births remains one of the greatest opportunities to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. Join the Kentucky Hospital Association on Wednesday, August 12, from 1:00–2:30 p.m. EDT for a Special KHA Quality Webinar: Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth. This virtual education session is available exclusively to KHA member birthing hospitals, and will be focused on evidence-based strategies that can help hospitals safely reduce C-section rates while supporting excellent patient outcomes.
Target Audience: Clinical Leaders, Quality Leaders, Perinatal Care Professionals, Obstetrical Services Providers, Maternal-Newborn/ Labor and Delivery Nurses, Nurse and Clinical Educators
During this session, participants will:
- Review the evidence behind reducing unnecessary primary cesarean births and improving maternal and neonatal outcomes.
- Explore labor management strategies and standardized clinical practices that support safe vaginal birth while ensuring timely cesarean delivery when medically indicated.
- Learn quality improvement approaches that strengthen multidisciplinary teamwork, patient-centered communication, and the use of performance data to improve NTSV (Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex) cesarean birth rates.
The session will be led by Debra Ray, MSN, RNC-OB, Nurse Consultant for the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KyPQC). With more than 45 years of experience in labor and delivery nursing, nursing leadership, education, and statewide maternal quality improvement, Ray brings extensive expertise in evidence-based obstetric practice and reducing primary cesarean births.
In addition, KHA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN), and offers 1.8 CE contact hours for nurses who attend this virtual learning session.
Whether your organization is actively working to lower its C-section rate or simply looking to strengthen maternity care practices, this session will provide practical strategies you can begin applying immediately.