The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health Presents
HEART AND HANDS: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MOTHER-BABY FRIENDLY NURSING
A PROPOSAL FOR HIGH QUALITY MATERNITY CARE
A Workshop for Hospital Labor and Delivery Nurses
Offered by The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health in Collaboration with The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, May 22, 23, 24 2012 to Los Angeles
21 BRN CEUs Offered
FUNDER AND PURPOSE
This course is funded by a grant from The California Community Foundation and is designed to assist hospitals who are ready and willing to implement The Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative and to establish the Mother Friendly Nurse Recognition Program at their institution. Based on the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) developed by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS), a coalition of leading researchers, maternal-infant health experts, organizations and individuals concerned with the health and well being of mothers and infants, these 10 evidenced-based steps to Mother and Baby Friendly Care will be discussed and practical applications will be taught for the labor and delivery nurse. The basis for the MFCI was highlighted in peer-reviewed Journal of Perinatal Education. For more information on The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI), and to a download of the journal, go to motherfriendly.org.
ABOUT THE HOST ORGANIZATION
The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health (a non-profit community-based organization) was founded with the purpose to promote the availability and use of skilled maternity care including nurses, midwives, doulas and community health promoters, at all levels and in a variety of settings. Through the education and professional development of nurses, midwives, doulas and community health promoters we seek to develop qualified practitioners to provide maternity care in varied settings including clinics, private homes, hospitals and freestanding birth centers and to promote evidence-based maternity care and reduce perinatal health disparities.
COLLABORATIVE PARTNER
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
AUDIENCE
Hospital based labor and delivery nurses, nurse-managers and administrators.
BENEFITS OF MOTHER FRIENDLY CARE FOR PATIENTS, HOSPITALS, NURSES AND DOCTORS
1. Increased patient satisfaction
2. Increased job satisfaction among nurses
3. Improvement in quality of care (evidence-based practices resulting in better outcomes for mothers and infants).
4. Cost-savings to hospitals because of shorter labors
5. For doctors, increased patient satisfaction results in repeat business and word-of-mouth recommendations
COURSE OVERVIEW
Day One: Train-the Trainer
The first day is designed for nurses who are “champions” for mother-baby care. They will be given the knowledge and skills to train the staff nurses at their hospital in evidence based mother and baby centered care.
Day Two: The Art and Science of Mother-Baby Friendly Nursing
The second day is designed for hospital labor and delivery and newborn nurses, nurse managers and administrators. They will learn about quality improvement measures and perinatal goals and objectives for the U.S. and practical applications for implementing mother baby friendly care on the unit.
Day Three: Supporting Mother-Infant Attachment
The third day is for labor and delivery and newborn nurses, administrators and nurse managers. In this session, a new paradigm for supporting breastfeeding and maternal-infant attachment will be explored, with practical applications on how to implement this “couplet care” for the working nurse. At the end of the day, there will be a reception with local doulas.
TEACHING FACULTY
Vanessa Nicolas, BSN, CNM, CLE
Vanessa Nicolas, BSN, CNM, CLE, Principal Consultant and Lead Trainer
Vanessa brings many years of clinical experience and expertise to the project. She is a Certified Nurse-Midwife with 20 + years experience, with over 30 years experience is a Professional Nurse. She has delivered over 2000 babies safely and is a recognized lecturer and clinical preceptor to both residents and nurses and student nurse-midwives. Vanessa earned her certificate as a Nurse Midwife from University of Southern California in 1988 and her BSN from The University of South Alabama in 1982. Vanessa worked as a staff nurse-midwife at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science for 13 years where she was a lecturer and clinical instructor for midwifery, medical and PA students. She also worked as a Nurse-Midwife and Lactation Educator at LA County UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for and as a Staff RN at LA County/USC Medical Center on the high risk obstetrical unit.
Vanessa worked as a Clinical Instructor and Interim Director of Nursing Education at Preferred College of Nursing in Los Angeles for five years instructing in medical/surgical, OB and Pediatrics for LVN students. She is currently a Nursing Instructor for the Associate Degree Nursing Program at at Virginia College. Vanessa is also an Education Consultant and International Trainer in Haiti and Zambia, Africa where she is involved in the training of Traditional Birth Attendants.
Cordelia Hanna Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES, CCE, CBA, Project Coordinator, Curriculum Developer and Co-Instructor, Executive Director, The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health
Cordelia earned her Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Health Education and Promotion and Maternal Child Health from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA in 2008, and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance from Indiana University Bloomington in 1986. She is also a Certified Health
Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES, CCE, CBA
Education Specialist, accredited by National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, the gold standard for professional health educators. Cordelia is a Certified Childbirth Educator (CCE) and Certified Birth Assistant (CBA) accredited by The Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE), who has worked for twenty years as a childbirth educator, breastfeeding educator-counselor, birth assistant/doula and health education consultant and Assistant Midwife in private practice, clinics, hospitals, doctor’s offices, public health departments and federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles. Cordelia develops and conducts trainings for nurses, public health students, community perinatal health promoters, doulas, and breastfeeding peer counselors. She has trained staff from several agencies and institutions throughout the region including Maternal Child Health Access, Antelope Valley Hospital, Doctor’s Hospital of East Los Angeles, Glendale Memorial Hospital, White Memorial Hospital, Pasadena Public Health Department Black Infant Health Program, South Los Angeles Health Projects, and more. Cordelia worked for nearly a decade at The Pasadena Public Health Department on the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Outreach Program and The Black Infant Health Program. While working at The Pasadena Public Health Department, she conducted trainings for staff and community members and trained doulas and breastfeeding peer counselors, and managed a volunteer doula program and breastfeeding peer counselor program. In addition, Cordelia is Co-Chair of the Evidence in Action Committee of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS), and formerly was the C0-Chair of the Los Angeles Best Babies Network Healthy Births Learning Collaborative for SPA 3 (San Gabriel Valley). Cordelia is also active in the global movements to reduce ethnic perinatal disparities in the U.S. and abroad.
Nicette Jukelevics, MA, ICCE, Curriculum Co-Developer, Consultant/Researcher and Co-Instructor
Nicette Jukelevics, MA, ICCE
Nicette Jukelevics is the author of Understanding The Dangers of Cesarean Birth (Praeger Books, 2008). Nicette is a recognized expert on Cesarean Section, maternity care researcher and educator. She is a certified childbirth educator accredited by International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) with 30 years experience teaching in the hospital, as well as university teaching experience. For 28 years, she taught prepared childbirth classes and other topics at Torrance Memorial Hospital. She is also a parenting educator and founder of The Center for Family. Nicette received her MA in English with Honors from Concordia University in Montreal in 1974, and her Bachelor of Arts in English with Honors from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1970. She was a California Community College Instructor in Languages and Literature and also at Le Centre Culturel et Linguistique, Concordia University, McGill University and Berlitz School of Languages. She is a received her doula training with Doulas of North America. Nicette is the editor and contributer to many publications and websites and taught VBAC/Cesarean advanced trainings for doulas, nurses and childbirth educators. She is the author of http://www.vbac.com. Nicette was one of the founding members of Doula Association of Southern California (DASC) and worked as a doula for many years specializing in Vaginal Birth After Cesarean. Formerly, Nicette served as Chair and Co-chair of The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.
Additional Faculty Include:
Jeanette Schwartz, MSN, RNC, ICCE, CD -Director, Maternity Care Center Woodwinds Health Campus, Woodbury, MN (a Mother-Baby Friendly Institution).
Jeanette Schwartz, MSN, ICCE, CD
Jeanette is the Director, Maternity Care Center Woodwinds Health Campus, Woodbury, MN and past President, International Childbirth Education Association (2008-2010). She is also Adjunct Faculty in the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and was Chair of Minnesota AWHONN (2007-2010). Formerly she was the Director, Medical/Surgical/Pediatric Unit at Woodwinds Health Campus, Woodbury, MN. Jeanette was the President, Minnesota Perinatal Organization (2001-2002). She was a Staff Nurse Labor and Delivery at Unity Hospital, Fridley, MN and Staff Nurse Labor Delivery, Special Care Nursery. Jeanette is a ICEA Approved Trainer and Certified Childbirth Educator with International Childbirth Education Association and Lamaze International. She is also has her Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Certification, National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric/Gynecologic/Neonatal Nursing Specialties. In addition, Jeanette is a Babies and You Instructor for The March of Dimes, Twin Cities Chapter, and has her Doula Certification through Doulas of North America, and her Doula Trainer Certification with Doulas of North America. Jeanette attended Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1996, and her Masters of Arts in Nursing Leadership from Bethel College, St. Paul, MN in 2000.
Marilyn Hildreth, RN, IBCLC, FACCE, ICCE, LCCE, CD (ICEA/ DONA) - CIMS Mother Friendly Nurse Recognition Program
Marilyn Hildreth, RN, IBCLC,FACCE, CD
Co-Founder , CEO, JM Birth Consultants International, PLLC, Marilyn’s professional background includes over 35 years of experience in Maternal Child Health Nursing, including supervisory, flight, and staff nursing. She has also been a certified childbirth educator for 30 years, doula trainer for 10 years, and serves as an instructor for various ICEA Workshops.
Marilyn currently serves on the CIMS Leadership Team as Chair of the CIMS Mother Friendly Nurse Recognition Program and is past Education Chair for the International Childbirth Education Association Board of Directors. Marilyn has been an instructor for the Lamaze International Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills Workshop and currently is an instructor for the ICEA Mother Friendly Labor Support for Nurses Workshop. Hildreth continues to consult with local and international hospital’s wanting to implement the CIMS Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative into their practice. She is a International Board Certified Lactation Counselor, ICEA Certified Childbirth Educator, ICEA and DONA Certified Birth Doula, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator.
Nothing is so powerful as an Idea whose time has come, and Mother and Baby Care are an idea whose time is come.
For more information contact:
Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES
Project Director
626-388-2191
Email: cordeliahc@socalbirth.com
