April 29, 2024 from 9:00am - 3:00pm

LOCATION: State of Maine Office Buidling--109 Capital Street, Augusta, ME -- Conference Rooms Maine A&B

Objectives:

1. Identify two potential reasons for excessive newborn weight loss and/or slow or not weight gain
2. Identify two potential interventions to help ensure normal newborn weight gain
3. Identify two potential resources/referral to help support feeding dyad

In support of improving patient care, Maine Medical Center (MMC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. MMC can accredit continuing education activities with the following credit types: Inter-professional Continuing Education (IPCE), Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), and American Psychological Association (APA).   Maine Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of  4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Doctors should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The CNA Apprentice Training is a program of Maine Medical Center.  Please take time to learn about our program here and read the information below carefully.  If you have questions or want to know more about MMC's program, please contact us at mmc.cnaprogram@MaineHealth.org 

FOR MMC CNA APPRENTICE CLASS JUNE 2024. The application deadline for this class is May 20.

To apply, you must:

--Pass the CASAS reading assessment with a score of 240 or higher. Only register for one CASAS session, please. You must bring a photo ID to the reading test and go to the main office at PAE when you arrive. Contact us if available dates do not work for you. Passing this test is not a guarantee that you will be placed in the class.

Note:  If you hold a bachelors or associates degree from an accredited US institution of higher learning, the CASAS assessment may be waived (send copy of diploma or transcript to mmc.cnaprogram@mainehealth.org)

If you have recently taken the CASAS, you must wait 6 months before taking it again.

--Submit the CNA Program Application

--Attend a virtual information session: we'll send you an invitation after you score 240 or higher on the CASAS. The date of this session is not yet scheduled.

Please email mmc.cnaprogram@mainehealth.org if you have any questions or for info about MMC’s CNA Program.

Perinatal Outreach Presents:

Advanced Fetal Monitoring

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Upon completion of this program participant will be able to:

• State the terms and definitions of fetal heart rate patterns as per the National Institutes of Health Consensus Group document.
• Recognize recurrent late decelerations, recurrent severe variable decelerations, and the sinusoidal heart rate pattern.
• Correlate critical fetal heart rate patterns with related maternal fetal physiology.
• List appropriate interventions based on interpretation pattern.

Please join our postpartum support group to find the village you deserve! You will get to meet other new moms and find out that many of the struggles you may be experiencing are common and you are not alone. You will also get good ideas for coping. We vent, we celebrate, we cry, we encourage, we drink coffee and eat snacks! You can weigh your baby here and ask any questions at all to another mother or a nurse. 

The group meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30am at MidCoast Hospital in Conference Room 1, right next to the cafeteria. If that room is not available, our back up location is the waiting room outside the Maternity unit. The group is led by our breast/bottle feeding specialists. Mothers will children 0-12months are welcome. 

This informal support group for breastfeeding families provides interaction as well as individual assistance when needed. Women wanting more information about breastfeeding are also welcome. Facilitated by a lactation consultant from the Women and Infants unit. Because of room occupancy restraints, we are limited to a maximum of 7 moms with babies in arms. Siblings will not be allowed at this time. Please call 207-301-8337 for more information. 

This FREE support group promotes wellness in those who have survived a stroke. Each month, a topic of interest to stroke patients and their families is discussed, and guest speakers are invited.Participants have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from others.

The Stroke Support Group is facilitated by a Mid Coast Hospital rehabilitation therapist.

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 1 – 2 P.M.

Mid Coast Hospital 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, Conference Room 3

For more information call (207) 373-6183 or email StrokeSupportGroup@mainehealth.org 

This single two-hour class provides a pre-birth opportunity to ask questions and learn about breastfeeding and returning to work. 

Pre-registration is required in order to obtain access to virtual access. Please call 301-8337 to register.

A FREE comprehensive four-session program that will explore the common effects women experience during perimenopause and menopause.

May 1: Management of Irregular Bleeding During Perimenopause Darcey J. Leighton, DO and Erica L. Jacovetty, MD

May 8: HRT – Hormone Replacement Therapy Danielle M. Salhany, DO

May 15: Bladder/Pelvic Floor Health Melissa J. Streeter, MD

May 22: Vulvovaginal Health Melissa Collard, MD

Mid Coast Center for Community Health & Wellness 329 Maine Street in Brunswick

Registration is required for each session.

For more information call (207) 373-6585.