2023 Convention Session List

Podium Sessions

Monday, June 19

8 – 9 am

A1 – Firestorm…Lessons from Within

Speakers: Annica Dino, MSN, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Lisa Hermes, BSN, RNC-OB, EFM, Cyndy Krening, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, and Melisa Moore, BSN, RNC-OB

A2 – Antenatal Milk Expression in Women of Infants with Congenital Anomalies

Speakers: Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN and Nina Juntereal, BSN, RN

A3 – R u ok? Evidence-Based Brief Tactics to Enhance Health & Wellbeing

Speaker: Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, EPB-C, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

A4 – Effective Strategies for Clinical Success with Neurodiverse Patients

Speakers: Gina Schumaker and Karen Crowley, DNP, APRN-BC, WHNP, ANP, CNE

A5 – When Triage Fails: Lessons Learned from an Emtala Violation

Speaker: Juliette Bauer, RN, MSN, C-EFM 

A6 – AWHONN Public Policy Committee Session

Panelists: Members of the AWHONN Public Policy Committee

9:15 – 9:45 am

B1 – Promoting Safe Physiologic Birth Utilizing the ACNM Intermittent Auscultation Bundle

Speaker: Mary Kay Miller, DNP, CNM, APRN, FACNM

B2 – Providing Memorable and Meaningful Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Education

Speaker: Shantel Wakley, BS

B3 – P Q C Coach Mentor Model: AWHONN Leaders Pioneering Change

Speaker: Margie Mueller Boyer, MS, RNC, C-EFM, C-ONQS

B4 – Digital Storytelling: A Mother & Nurse’s Road to Healing

Speaker: Autumn Mels, DNP, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CNE

B5 – Postpartum Depression, Maternal Feeding Behaviors and Beliefs, and Child Obesity

Speaker: Michelle Harrison, PhD, RN

B6 – Lessons from Black Women’s Stories about Racism When Seeking Reproductive Care

Speaker: Melissa Lehan Mackin, PhD, RN and Lynette Cooper, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C

2:15 – 2:45 pm

C1 – Safe Beginnings: A Program to Improve Infant/ Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in NJ

Speakers: Les Ward, DNP, CNM, and Rose Scaffidi, DrNP, CNM

C2 – Equal Access to Quality Care: Maternity Care Deserts – a Policy Analysis

Speaker: Lori Folken, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM

C3 – Improving First American Women’s Postpartum Depression through Tribal Stakeholders

Speaker: Jennifer Heck, PhD, RNC-NIC, CNE, PMH-C

C4 – Embrace Program for Pregnant Women and Persons Who Use Substances

Speaker: Kristen Gulbransen, MN RN PhD candidate

C5 – Adverse Birth Outcomes and Antenatal Mental Health Conditions in the US, 2009-2019

Speaker: Dana Beck, PhD, MSN, MS, FNP-BC, RN

C6 – Encouraging Voice & Choice: Improving the Patient Experience for Black Birthing People

Speakers: Kendra Rector, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Catherine Narcavage-Bradley, DNP, RN, CLC, LCCE, SANE-A, SANE-P, PHNA-BC, AFN-BC

Tuesday, June 20

2:30 – 3:30 pm

D1 – Not Everything Vintage Is to be Treasured: Outdated Practices in OB and Neonatology

Speakers: Cyndy Krening, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Catherine Witt, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC

D2 – Making a Difference in Women’s Health for People with Substance Use Disorder

Speaker: Susan Newell, DNP, CRNA, FAANA

D3 – LGBTQIA+: Finding Safe Space in a Large System from the Voice of a Patient

Speakers: Theresa Hyland, BSN, BS, RNC, RNC-EFM, Donna Diers Award and Marin Karsmarski, MSN, RN, CNML, CMSRN

D4 – Evaluating Birth-Related Trauma: Impact, Considerations & Interventions

Speakers: Kendy Faye, BS and Jaz Robbins, PsyD, BCHN

D5 – Conquering the Challenges of Perinatal COVID-19 Exposure

Speaker: Susan Garpiel, MSN, RN, C-EFM

D6 – Research Symposium

Wednesday, June 21

8:30 – 9:30 am

E1 – Special Delivery without the Courts! Avoiding Birth Injury and Litigation

Speakers: Jack Cook, Esq., and Sharla Paso, DNP, RNC-OB, CNS, LCP-C

E2 – Let’s Get Ready to Advocate for Patients When Depression Complicates Preeclampsia

Speakers: Cindra Holland, DNP, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, ACNS-BC and Misty M. Richmond, PhD, PMHNP-BC

E3 – Neonatal Case Review: Merging the Art and Science of Resuscitation

Speaker: Deidre Miller, MSN-Ed, RNC-NIC, C-ONQS

E4 – Tools to Address Disparities by Putting Our Humanity into Action

Speaker: Shelly McGrew, DNP, CNM, APRN

E5 – Moving Our Mamas (MOM’s) Labor Support Training

Speakers: Patricia Klassa, MSN, RN, CNS-C, C-EFM, IBCLC and Cheryl Larry-Osman Bellamy DNP, APRN, CNM, CNS-C

E6 – It Is Time to Talk about Endo: Sciences and Stories of Endometriosis

Speaker: Bridgette Schulman, PhD, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CPPS

9:45 – 10:45 am

F1 – The Secret Sauce: A Guide for Planning, Implementing, & Sustaining Projects

Speaker: Clayton Shuman, PhD, MSN, RN

F2 – OB Life Support: The New Course for All Providers in OB Emergencies

Speakers: Cheryl Roth, PhD, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, RNFA and Andrea Shields, MD, MS

F3 – Improving Equity of Care in Hypertensive Disorders in the Fourth Trimester

Speakers: Elizabeth Forbes, MSN, RN, CNML and Nicole Spaulding, MSN, RN, IBCLC

F4 – Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse of the Newborn: A Standardized Prevention Bundle

Speakers: Lisa Festle, MSN, RNC-NIC, APRN/CNS and Stephanie Loiacono, MS, BSN, RNC-OB, CBC

F5 – Working with OB Anesthesia: Updates and Hot Topics

Speaker: Vibha Mahendra, MD, Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Obstetric Anesthesiologist

F6 – A Quest for Excellence: Your Journey, Your Voice, Your Practice

Speakers: Bobbi Buchanan, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, C-ONQS, Amy Funderburk, DNP, RN, NE-BC, and Sharon Keck, MSN RNC-OB, C-EFM, CLC

11 am – 12 pm

G1 – Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Postpartum Nurse Home Visit Service

Speakers: Jennifer Rousseau, DNP, WHNP-BC, CNE and Kathryn Kaintz, BSN, RN

G2 – First Response or Last Resort? Medication Considerations in Maternal Mental Health

Speaker: William Leininger, MD, FACOG

G3 – Fear, Pain & [Pelvic Floor] Tension: Managing Pain from a PT Perspective

Speaker: Quozette Valera, PT, DPT

G4 – Online Communities: Belonging, Empowerment, and Self-Management

Speakers: Lisa Anders, PhD, RN, IBCLC, Nicole Mattson, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, and Jennifer M. Ohlendorf, PhD, RN

G5 – Family Centered Neonatal Abstinence Care Using Eat, Sleep, Console

Speaker: Lisa Grisham, MS, NNP-BC