AWHONN Insights Podcast

An AWHONN Board Member joins this panel of changemakers from the Collaborative for Alcohol‐Free Pregnancy, NP's, Midwives, and Nurses partnering to prevent FASDs at the 2024 AWHONN Convention. Together, we learn more about neurodiversity, living with FASD, and implementing evidence-based care practices that reduce stigma and educate about the risks of substance and alcohol use while pregnant. Join us as we delve into the complex nature of people; then add your name to the champion list.

Dr. Nastassia Harris’ passion and commitment as a nurse and IBCLC is inspiring. She shares her motivation to advocate for black moms and babies and steps to empower those in her Essex County, NJ community. Tune in for how you can best connect moms, birthing people, and babies to local resources that support positive health outcomes.

Advocate for patients by centering their needs and asking how they want to receive care. Dr. Tracey Vogel supports nurses in shifting their thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors to better advocate for patients and their needs. This episode packs tools into your toolbox!

Nurses Cheniqua Morales and Tenesia Richards were both determined to be successful. Here's how their journeys collided to bring forth joy in leadership despite the obstacles. Your village will not let you fall!

April 11th is International Day for Maternal Health & Rights. We’ll meet Midwife Dr. Jessica Brumley; Director of Midwifery, Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of South Florida, and discuss her passion for the kind of respectful care all birthing persons deserve.

On this episode, we’ll be discussing perinatal bereavement. To close out Perinatal Bereavement Month and commence our bereavement series, we’re joined by nurse scientist and JOGNN author, Dr. Marianne Hutti.

On this episode we’ll be discussing diaper need and the Healthy Mom&Baby Diaper Drive. In honor of National Diaper Need Awareness Week, we’re joined by our guest co-host and Healthy Mom&Baby Diaper Drive Consultant, Jessica Hazboun, along with Joan Culver, Healthy Mom&Baby Diaper Driver supporter & leader, and Rachel Alston, founder of the PDX Diaper Bank in Portland Oregon.

In honor of National Breastfeeding Month and Black Breastfeeding Week, we’ll be discussing the importance of human milk for neonates with Dr. Diane Spatz, Dr. Jill Demirci, and Karen Fugate. We’ll also touch on the ways COVID-19 has impacted breastfeeding practices in the NICU, and review strategies that nurses can implement at their institutions to promote breastfeeding initiation in the NICU and continuation after discharge. This episode is sponsored by our generous partners at Prolacta Bioscience.

Join us as we celebrate Nurses Week 2022! We’re be joined by AWHONN President, Dr. Sandy Cesario, AWHONN President Elect, Dr. Shakira Henderson, and AWHONN member, Dr. Shawana Moore of Emory University. Tune in as each of our guests share their personal stories of nursing resilience, and the ways in which they’ll be celebrating Nurses week this year

On this episode, we'll be discussing the primary prevention of RSV through Maternal Immunization. We are joined by Dr. Suzanne Staebler, Professor at Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, who will give us an overview of the Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and discuss the current RSV maternal candidate vaccine trials. We will also hear from AWHONN nurse Dr. Lisa Klein, who will share her experiences in treating mothers with RSV.