About this event
Description:
This session will explore best practices for caring for patients with preeclampsia during the postpartum period, with a focus on promoting lactation as a key strategy to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on the role of collaborative nursing care across labor and delivery, postpartum, NICU, and lactation services to help patients achieve their breastfeeding goals. Participants will gain insights into how breastfeeding can contribute to reducing long-term cardiovascular risk in this high-risk population.
Learning objectives:
- Identify best practices in supporting lactation among patients with preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.
- Describe the connection between breastfeeding, cardiovascular health, and long-term risk reduction for patients with preeclampsia.
This program has been approved for 1.0 Contact Hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13692
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Guest speaker
Adriane BurgessG
Adriane Burgess PhD, RNC-OB, CCE, CPHQ, C-ONQS, C-EFM, FAWHONN, is a perinatal safety and quality consultant with over 25 years of experience improving maternal and newborn outcomes. A Fellow of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and current member of the AWHONN Board of Directors, she has led initiatives and published widely on perinatal risk reduction. Her work has focused extensively on improving outcomes in preeclampsia through evidence-based care, risk assessment, and quality improvement strategies that support safer practices for mothers and babies.
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Guest speaker
Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FAWONNG
Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAWHONN, FAAN is Professor of Perinatal Nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at Penn Nursing, and a nurse scientist-lactation at CHOP. She’s been PI or co-investigator on 50+ research grants and has authored/co-authored over 280 peer-reviewed publications. In 2004, she developed a 10-step model for human milk and breastfeeding in vulnerable infants, now used in NICUs across the U.S. and globally. Dr. Spatz is an AAN “Edge Runner,” treasurer for the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Breastfeeding, and was appointed to the NASEM Breastfeeding Analysis Study in 2024. In 2025, she received AWHONN’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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