InCast

            Jana McCarthy is an Education Development and Learning Consultant for Kaiser Permanente. She is a nurse, childbirth educator, lactation consultant, basic life support instructor, and native Southern Californian. Jana also teaches management of aggressive behavior and is a master diversity trainer. Listen to this episode to learn more about compassion fatigue, treatment, and more. 

Listen and Learn:

• How to recognize compassion fatigue
• How nurses, doulas, and caregivers can support those experiencing compassion fatigue
• The cumulative process of compassion burnout
• Six self-care techniques to help reduce stress in your home 

Resources and Mentions:

One Moment Meditation 

Professional Quality of Life Scale 

[email protected]

EPISODE 11: Flipping the Classroom with Online Learning with Martha Lasley & Sharlene Alt of Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies

Martha Lasley is the Nursing Operations Manager for Maternal Education at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Woman and Babies. She has over 30 years of experience in perinatal nursing and works with a highly-skilled team and a diverse patient population. Sharlene Alt is also a Nurse and Maternal Education Specialist at Winnie Palmer, with over 40 years of experience. Listen to this podcast for an inside look at the flipped classroom model for teaching childbirth education.

Listen and Learn:

• What a flipped classroom is and how it can be beneficial
• How a hybrid/flipped class model works for childbirth education courses
• Tailoring classes to adult learning styles
• Meeting parents’ specific education needs
• How to adjust your classroom for a diverse audience

Resources:

• Welcome Letter for Students
• Preparation for Birth Instructor Agenda

Related Products:

• eClass Suite: https://injoyhealtheducation.com/eclass_promo

Laraine Lockhart Borman, IBCLC, is the director of outreach for Mothers’ Milk Bank (MMB), a Colorado-based program benefitting women and babies nationwide. Mothers’ Milk Bank helps women safety share their milk and provides milk for infants in need. Listen to this episode to find out more on the process and impact of milk banking.

Listen and Learn:

• Four different types of milk Mothers’ Milk Bank provides
• How the milk donation process works and how donors are screened
• Why families are motivated to donate their milk
• The evidence-based processes milk goes through
• The two biggest misconceptions about milk banking

Resources and Mentions:

https://rmchildren.org/mothers-milk-bank/

Related InJoy Products:

• Understanding Breastfeeding Curriculum (https://injoyhealtheducation.com/understanding-breastfeeding)
• Breastfeeding for Working Mothers (https://injoyhealtheducation.com/breastfeeding-for-working-mothers.html)

Kristin Glenn is the Co-Founder and Director of Outreach for 3HopefulHearts, a nonprofit organization that supports bereaved families through events, education, and remembrance. Understanding loss firsthand led Kristin to be a champion in creating protocol change during this critical time. She is also the Education Coordinator at The Woman’s Clinic of Northern Colorado. She has over 20 years of teaching experience, and is certified in Brainwise, Lamaze Childbirth Education, Child Passenger Safety, Happiest Baby on the Block, and is a certified Lactation Counselor. Listen to this episode for more on how to provide consistent, compassionate bereavement support at the different stages of grief.

Listen and Learn:

• Best practices for creating bereavement protocols for clinics, hospitals, and community outreach organizations
• Building a bridge between the family and the clinician
• Helping families process grief through validation and acknowledgement
• How to standardize training for every department throughout an organization
• The top three things not to say to bereaved parents

Resources and Mentions:

• http://www.3hopefulhearts.com/about/

Related InJoy Products:

• A Guide to Grief & Healing After the Loss of Your Baby Book Plus Web App (https://injoyhealtheducation.com/grief-and-healing-book-webapp.html)
• A Guide to Grief & Healing After the Loss of Your Baby Web App (https://injoyhealtheducation.com/grief-and-healing-webapp.html)

Colleen Weeks is the perinatal education manager at the Kaiser Permanente Orange County Medical Center in Irvine and Anaheim. She has been a childbirth educator for over 35 years, and currently runs 140-150 classes every month. Listen to this episode recorded at The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) Conference for insight on how you can grow and improve your childbirth education program through teamwork.

Listen and Learn:

• Using other stakeholders to help you attract parents
• How to get clinicians and educators to work as a team
• Creating your team of champions
• How ICEA’s experts can help you and your team
• Educators supporting educators by referring parents to other classes

 Resources from Colleen:

• For more information, contact Colleen at [email protected]

Related InJoy Products:

• Complete Curriculums 

Dr. Nancy Hurst is the Director of Women’s Support Services at Texas Children’s Hospital Pavilion for Women. She also oversees clinical, operational, and research activities for the lactation milk bank services and patient education program and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas School of Nursing in Houston. Listen to this episode for more on the importance of receiving human milk, breastfeeding, and providing effective patient education in the NICU..

Listen and Learn:

• Benefits of NICU babies receiving mother’s milk, even though it might not be at the breast
• Barriers of using mother’s own milk in the NICU and how to overcome them
• How staff training and shared initiatives can make a big difference
• Helping parents understand the importance of pumping and getting support
• Setting up the resource staff and materials needed to support feeding at the breast

Resources from Nancy:

• The Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies

Related InJoy Products:

• Practices to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding Core Concepts eCourse 
• Practices to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding Managing Common Challenges eCourse 
• Your Premature Baby DVD Series 

Natalie S. Burke is the president and CEO of CommonHealth ACTION (CHA), where she provides visionary leadership for CHA’s business development and model capacity building and programs. She is the co-director of the Health Leaders national program center and directs Kaiser Permanente’s Institute for Equitable Leadership in Baltimore, Maryland. Listen to this episode for more on setting the tone on health equity and creating positive change.

Listen and Learn:

• Getting involved and thinking about how health equity affects different populations
• How to create opportunities for people to be as healthy as possible
• How constructive discomfort can inspire change
• Introspection and our individual journey toward equity
• How biases and decisions play into provider practices

Resources from Natalie:

• Common Health ACTION
• Bias Surveys
• Unnatural Causes:  Clips from When the Bough Breaks. 
• Equity Impact Review Tool
• Genderbread Person  
• Natalie’s Blog

Gabrielle Kaufman is the director of training and technical assistance for the Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force, a dance/movement therapist, and professional clinical counselor. She works extensively with new families and aids in providing solutions to many parenting concerns. Listen to this episode to take a deeper look at postpartum mood disorders.

Listen and Learn:

• The two things to think about when it comes to baby blues
• A breakdown of the cultural and clinical misconceptions surrounding postpartum depression
• What the media doesn’t portray when it comes to postpartum depression
• Ways we can normalize maternal and paternal mental health
• How to spread awareness in clinics and classrooms with these tips

Resources:

Certificate training in perinatal mental health for professionals.

Self-help app for new moms.

Community health provider manual.

Free webinar series.

For local resources around the country and world, go to Postpartum Support International.

To learn more about Gabrielle, click here.

Related Products:

Recognizing & Treating Postpartum Depression: A Practitioner’s Guide

Understanding Mother & Baby Care Curriculum

Postpartum: From Pregnant to Parent 

Parenting BASICS: Self-Care for Moms and Fatherhood Series 

Mac Macsovits is the executive director at the Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association. He has made a career working in the nonprofit sector, beginning his career teaching at Cherry Creek High School, and then working with The Nature Conservancy and Special Olympics Colorado. Listen to this episode for more on how Mac and RMDSA work to support and educate families and medical professionals.

Listen and Learn: 

• What healthcare providers should focus on when delivering a diagnosis
• Dispelling common myths of Down syndrome
• How Mac implements education to inspire positive change
• Why every child should be celebrated
• How RMDSA and similar national organizations prepare and support parents, medical professionals, and social workers 

Resources:

Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association

Vonda Gates is the organizing member of Prepared Childbirth of Tifton, has been a childbirth educator since 1991, and a DONA-certified doula since 1993. She currently serves the ICEA Executive Committee and is the primary coordinator of the ICEA Professional Childbirth Education Program Update Online program. This episode is a must-listen for birth educators looking to improve their classes and take new approaches.

Listen and Learn:

• Three objectives you need to use to evaluate your birth classes
• The importance of using adult-learning principles in structuring your class
• How building rapport with your clients can create a more successful birth education class
• Tips on pursuing a career in childbirth education
• The ICEA ”circle of care” that revolves around the clients

Related Products

• Understanding Curriculum
• Understanding Birth Book + Web App 

Resources:

• "Evidence-based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve" (2008) 
• Childbirth Connection
• Eight resources listed at the Childbirth Connection website at the "Advocates and Professionals"