Program
Cardiac obstetric nursing: A growing need for a growing population
May 24, 2024 from 11:00am MDT to 11:15am MDT
The Cardiac Obstetric Clinic (COB) at St. Paul’s Hospital provides cardiac specific care to pregnant patients in British Columbia. At its inception, the clinic was designed to support adults with cardiac congenital conditions through pregnancy. However, the volume of patients with acquired heart disease, and cardio-genetic conditions now exceeds that of those with congenital heart disease (CHD). The number of pregnant individuals with cardiovascular conditions is increasing. This is a direct result of increased survival among those with CHD, and pregnancy in persons of advanced maternal age with existing co-morbid conditions.
COB is a multi-disciplinary clinic consisting of cardiology, obstetrics, nursing, social work and other consultant care providers. While nurses have been identified as an important part of Cardiac Obstetric teams, there is minimal literature on nursing roles away from direct care. Cardiac-obstetric patients have unique needs in pregnancy and the early postpartum period, when compared to others with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), heart failure, and cardiac surgery.
The COB clinic developed a shared nursing model to meet the needs of this specialty population. Nursing care is provided by an obstetrical complex care planner and cardiac nurse through in person clinic visits, virtual care and telephone support.
As we refine our approach, we introduced cardiac-specific discharge teaching on maternity, discharge materials tailored to postpartum, and individualized prenatal education for those with moderate or high-risk cardiac obstetrical care plans.
Pregnant patients with cardiac disease is a growing population who warrant more research to understand how to better meet their needs.
Speakers / Panelists
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Cardiac obstetric nursing: A growing need for a growing population
May 24, 2024 from 11:00am MDT to 11:15am MDT -
Cardiac obstetric nursing: A growing need for a growing population
May 24, 2024 from 11:00am MDT to 11:15am MDT
Amy Graham
MSN, RN
Amy Graham
Amy Graham
MSN, RN
Amy Graham is the Patient Educator in the Cardiac Obstetric clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH). Amy started her cardiac nursing career at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, but came west to complete her Masters of Nursing at UBC and never left. She joined the Cardiac Intensive Care unit at SPH in 2003. She has held both nurse educator and patient educator roles but has found her favorite patient population yet in Cardiac Obstetrics. Amy has a passion for health behaviour change and primary prevention.
Jenna Rider
BSN, RN
Jenna Rider
Jenna Rider
BSN, RN
Jenna graduated from the University of Calgary with her BSN in 2009. Jenna has over 15 years of perinatal nursing experience in high-risk OB. For the last 5 years Jenna has been the Clinical Nurse Educator for Complex Care Coordination in the SPH perinatal program and the Cardiac Obstetric clinic. In this full-time role Jenna connects with specialist teams locally and across British Columbia. She has enjoyed learning about cardiac care in pregnancy and provides her expertise as a perinatal nurse to the Cardiac Obstetric team.