FNU DNP student, Catherine Ruhl, MS, CNM
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) faculty, alumni, students, staff, preceptors and more than 3,000 health care professionals will gather in Tampa, Fla. at the leading convention for nurses in the obstetric, neonatal and women’s health disciplines.
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) convention is set for June 23-27, 2018 in Tampa, Fla. at the Tampa Convention Center. The 2018 AWHONN Convention aims to ignite passion and empower nurses to transform care.
Attendees will learn to cultivate strategies to maximize collaboration and partnerships; enhance the visibility and influence of the nursing profession; and identify solutions to reduce health disparities and improve outcomes.
Those participating will also have the opportunity to visit dozens of exhibits at the Expo Hall, which is open at various times throughout the convention. FNU will have its own booth in the Expo Hall as well, run by FNU students and staff.
Participants from FNU’s broad network will have two special connections at the event this year.
FNU Alumna, Paris Maloof-Bury, CNM
New FNU graduate Paris Maloof-Bury, CNEP class 140, will present “Feminism and Physiology: Partnering with Women to Support Vaginal Birth and Prevent the ‘UnneCesarean’” on Tuesday, June 26, a repeating educational session at the convention.
FNU DNP student, Catherine Ruhl, MS, CNM is leading coordination of the 2018 AWHONN Leadership Summit, which will take place on June 23, 2018 to kick off the 2018 Convention. Ruhl is the Director of Women’s Health Programs at the AWHONN national headquarters. Ruhl and a dedicated team of internal AWHONN staff and volunteer experts are planning an interactive event which will both challenge and inspire attendees to explore what equity means for the women and families they serve and for their colleagues.
This year, the Summit will address racial and ethnic disparities, both in maternal health and in the nursing workforce. Ruhl’s hopes are that the 2018 Summit and the Convention as a whole will be impactful to all parties, leaving them with actionable steps to implement in their own health care environments.
You can review the 2018 AWHONN Leadership Summit agenda here.
To learn more about the 2018 AWHONN Convention, go here.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).