Resources
Texas Perinatal Services Resources
TPS Public Letters
2019
Maternal Care Resources
Hospital Level of Care
- Maternal Care Designation Rules: The Journey to Better Maternal Outcomes
- Senate Bill 749
- Maternal Designation Levels Comparison Chart
- Hospital Level of Care Designation Rule
Maternal Quality Care
- National Center for Health Statistics - Recent Trends in Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery: United States, 2016-2018
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Obstetric Care Consensus (August 2019)
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Obstetric Care Consensus - Interpregnancy Care (January 2019)
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Obstetric Care Consensus - Placenta Accreta Spectrum (December 2018)
- California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative – Toolkits
- Maternal Venous Thromboembolism Prevention
- Maternal Mental Health Patient Safety Bundle
Maternal Level Rule Review
- DSHS Maternal Level I Rule Review
- DSHS Maternal Level II Rule Review
- DSHS Maternal Level III Rule Review
- DSHS Maternal Level IV Rule Review
TEXASAIM
Obstetric Hemorrhage
- Massive Transfusion Protocol Example 1
- Massive Transfusion Protocol Example 2
- Obstetric Hemorrhage Checklist
- California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative – Obstetric Hemorrhage Toolkit
- Florida Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative (OHI) Toolkit
- Postpartum Hemorrhage Debriefing Form
- The AWHONN Postpartum Hemorrhage Project
Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative - Hypertension in Pregnancy (HIP) Toolkit
- ACOG Committee Opinion - Emergent Therapy for Acute-Onset, Severe Hypertension During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Postpartum Depression
Continuing Education
- March of Dimes Continuing Education for Perinatal Nurses
- AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring – Find a Course
- AIM eModules - Maternal Health Program | Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care
Tools
Organizations
Neonatal Care Resources
Neonatal Levels of Care
- Neonatal Levels of Care Designation – Where to Start
- Strategic Review of Neonatal Level of Care Designations 2019
- DSHS NICU Designation FAQs
- Texas Designated NICUs (MAP)
- Level I Designated NICUs (MAP)
- Level II Designated NICUs (MAP)
- Level III Designated NICUs (MAP)
- Level IV Designated NICUs (MAP)
Rule Review Webinars (DSHS)
- Level I Rule Review Webinar (DSHS)
- Level II Rule Review Webinar (DSHS)
- Level III & IV Rule Review Webinar (DSHS)
Texas NICU Project
Organizations
- Texas Perinatal Advisory Council
- National Perinatal Association
- Regional Advisory Council Map & Contact Info
Support and Awareness
- Neonatal Adoption Presentation (DSHS)
HHSC: Better Birth Outcomes Initiatives - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home Resource Toolkit - Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month
- Hand to Hold NICU Resource Library
- March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program
Continuing Education
Maternal Mortality Resources
Maternal Mortality in Texas
- Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee (Texas Department of State Health Services)
- Texas AIM: Texas Hospitals Join Forces to Fight Against Maternal Mortality
- HHSC: State Efforts to Address Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
- Trends in Texas Maternal Mortality, 2006-2015
Maternal Racial Disparity Resources
Racial Disparity References
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses Racial Disparity in the NICU Position Statement
- Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Perinatal Disparities Diagram
- Reduction of Peripartum Racial/Ethnic Disparities
- Strategies to Overcome Racism's Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes
- H.R. 6142 Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
SPEAK UP Conference 2021
"SPEAK UP Champions© Implicit and Explicit Bias LIVE Virtual Conference" is an incredible educational opportunity for any health care professionals, especially those who support and care for women before, during, and after pregnancy or care for newborns.
According to the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force in Texas, Black women are more likely to experience pregnancy-related death than any other race or ethnicity. This training is a day-long, interactive implicit bias workshop that outlines strategies to help individuals and groups dismantle racism, provide quality equitable care, and reduce perinatal health disparities.
Every maternal death is a tragedy that traumatizes many, including the health care workers involved in caring for the mother and baby. When mothers die, it has an enormous impact on partners, children, and communities, and the rate of maternal death is a marker of the overall health of a society.
Register now! Learn more about SPEAK UP from the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement.
Register Now – SPEAK UP Champions© Implicit and Explicit Bias LIVE Virtual Conference
SPEAK UP Overview with Dr. Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Pediatric Resources
Pediatric Transfer Toolkit Available
TETAF has been authorized to share the Inter Facility Transfer Toolkit for the Pediatric Patient toolkit. The nationally developed downloadable resource is based on hospital best practices and current literature. Some 10,000+ plus children are transferred annually to access higher levels of care and specialty services. Such moves are stressful for the patient and his/her family as well as for caregivers and facilities. The Inter Facility Transfer Toolkit for the Pediatric Patient toolkit provides resources to support the establishment of agreements or memorandums of understanding to facilitate transfer of children to specialty resources when need.
Organized in 10 sections, the toolkit will aid in the development of pediatric transfer guidelines to assist staff to accomplish a safe and timely transfer. Content is based on the best practices at hospitals across the U.S. and the current literature.
The downloadable toolkit was developed by the Emergency Nurse Association Pediatrics Committee, the Pediatric Special Interest Group of the Society of Trauma Nurses and EMS for Children National Resource Center.
