The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) module educates perinatal nurses about obstetric triage basics—the meaning of triage in obstetrics, the nurse’s role, and the benefits of using a systematic approach to improve the process of triage and outcomes factoring in social determinants of health, health equity, and implicit bias.

What is AWHONN’s Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI)? The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a five-level acuity index for nurses to apply to their maternal and fetal assessments when a woman presents to an obstetric unit for care in order to classify a woman’s acuity and prioritize the women’s urgency for provider evaluation based on acuity.

AWHONN has developed the Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI), a tool that provides a standardized approach to obstetric triage. The MFTI is a five-level obstetric acuity tool for nurses to use when they triage a woman presenting for care to a birth unit in order to prioritize the woman's urgency for provider evaluation.

The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a five-level acuity index for nurses to apply to their maternal and fetal nursing assessments when a woman presents to an obstetric unit for care in order to classify a woman’s acuity and prioritize the women’s urgency for provider evaluation based on acuity.

How can the MFTI improve care? •Not missing abnormal presenting vital signs •Early identification of need to transfer to higher level of care •Not missing scheduled women who have complaints •Proper attention to –non-ctx pain –women not coping with labor –decreased fetal movement –possible preterm contractions @2015 AWHONN 38

The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) (Ruhl et al., 2015) offers a standard method of assigning an acuity score to pregnant women presenting to the hospital for care. It is thought to be the first OB triage acuity tool validated for multidisciplinary use (Ruhl et al.). The MFTI uses a five-tiered approach to categorizing acuity.

The Maternal-Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a standardized tool for obstetrical triage with good interrater reliability. 7, 8 Pregnant women are classified based on acuity using a 5-level system ranging from priority 1 (highest acuity) to priority 5 (lowest acuity).

Maternal Fetal Triage Index Education (MFTI) Retail Price: $75.00 Short Description The MFTI education consists of OB triage basics focused on the nurse’s role and benefits of using a systematic approach to improve processes and outcomes, factoring in social determinants of health, health equity, and implicit bias.

The revised MFTI course encompasses common obstetrical triage clinical presentations with increased interactivity through knowledge checks and case scenarios, to help learners focus on initial proper assessment using the five-level acuity classification index.

Obstetric triage is the brief, thorough and systematic maternal and fetal assessment performed when a pregnant woman presents for care to determine priority for full evaluation. Qualified medical person must perform an MSE to determine if the patient has a medical emergency; should include health of the women and the fetus.