CABC Workshop: Achieving Birth Center Accreditation
Pre-Conference Workshop
DATE: Thursday, November 7th
TIME: 1:00pm - 4:30pm
FACULTY: Olga Ryan, RN, MS-NL
In this half-day workshop from the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC), learn everything you need to know to move with ease through the CABC accreditation process. See the timeline and get a sense of what’s involved. Get tips for smooth completion of necessary paperwork. Learn how to prepare to host a visit to your birth center.
Learn about:
History and purpose of CABC
Benefits of CABC accreditation
Starting point including eligibility, types of accreditation and location designations
Path to accreditation including documents to gather/complete, site visit activities
Accreditation decisions and moving forward including progress report, Interim Status Report, renewal of accreditation
REGISTRATION FEE:
$200 AABC members | $250 Non-Members
**If you are from a currently accredited birth center, register for the CABC Workshop: Maintaining Birth Center Accreditation
FACULTY
Olga Ryan, RN, MS-NL
Olga has been an NRP instructor for more than 20 years and has been teaching NRP in the out-of-hospital birth setting since 2006. She is an experienced birth center leader having served as manager of the El Rio Birth & Women’s Health Center for 10 years and more recently as the director of Babymoon Inn, LLC in Tucson, AZ. She is a Vice-Chairperson with the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers and has been a member of AABC’s Standards Committee. Olga has served in nursing leadership positions in a variety of perinatal units since 1994, with a special interest in process improvement projects.
