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Representing You 2014

Many ACNM members as well as staff attend meetings, serve on committees,
and assist with ACNM exhibits. Please see the list below.  Members may also access reports of these activities.

JANUARY

Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Data Safety Management Board
Washington, DC
Sponsored by NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Key Issues: Ongoing work related to safety and
effectiveness of management for pelvic floor disorders. The NICHD established the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network
(PFDN) in 2001 to support a multicenter network in response to the need
for high quality clinical trials in this area.
Attended by Katharine O'Dell PhD CNM (ret.) WHNP


Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Roundtable
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Key Issues: Research
that helps people make informed healthcare decisions, and improves health care
delivery and outcomes, by producing and promoting high-integrity,
evidence-based information that comes from research guided by patients,
caregivers, and the broader health care community
Attended by Mary
Barger PhD,CNM, FACNM




FEBRUARY

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Atlanta, GA
Sponsored by the CDC
Key Issues: Research on safety and effectiveness of vaccines, including pertussis,influenza, and HPV.  Learn more about the CDC ACIP.
Attended by Carol Hayes, CNM


ACOG Well-Woman Task Force
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG.
Key Issues: Review of the current guidelines (CDC, USPTF etc.), and level of evidence associated with these guidelines.
Attended by Ruth Zielinski, PhD, CNM

Safety in Maternity Care Advisory Board
Kansas City, MO
Sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Key Issues: Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course offered at 2013 ACNM annual meeting in Nashville
resulted in increased numbers of CNM providers taking course in 2013 and
subsequent surge in CNMs taking instructors course. The goal of the Safety in Maternity Care (SiMC) Advisory Board is
to improve uptake by all disciplines to make the course truly multidisciplinary and
improve team work at the facility level. Learn more about the ALSO course.
Attended by Helen Welch, CNM


MARCH

IOM Roundtable on Value & Science Driven Health Care Best Practices Innovation Collaborative
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Key Issues: This Collaborative focuses on team-based care and
patient engagement. Its work will inform the health care system within the US
and generate additional research and resources for clinicians and the public. 

Learn more
.
Attended by Tina Johnson, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy


ACOG Committee on Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Key Issues: Discussion of several Committee Opinions, including ACOG/AAP statement on water birth.
Attended by Kai Tao, CNM, MPH, ND


APRIL

White House Briefing for National Coalition for LGBT Health
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the National Coalition for LGBT Health in partnership with the Health and Human
Services Administration, and the White House Office of Public Engagement
Key Issues:  Access to better health care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, and increasing the number of culturally competent providers.
Attended by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS

National Student Nurses Association Annual Meeting
Nashville, TN
Sponsored by the National Student Nurses Association
ACNM exhibit booth staffed by Alexa Clay, SNM; Ali Sevilla deCocco, SNM; Bethany Fjeldheim, SNM; ACNM Senior Education Policy Advisor Elaine Germano, CNM, DrPH, FACNM; Claire Harper, SNM; Alice Ann Hermanson, SNM; Pat Loftman, CNM, LM, MS; Emily Siemer, SNM

National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Consensus Meeting
Chicago, IL
Sponsored by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
Key Issues: Consensus Statement, grandfathering guidelines, regulation policies
Attended by ACNM Senior Education Policy Advisor Elaine Germano, CNM, DrPH, FACNM


MAY

IOM Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine
Key Issues: Report on workshop, "Empowering Women and
Strengthening Health Systems through Nursing and Midwifery: Implications of
Innovative International Models for the United States," which will take place in September in Bellagio, Italy; and scaling best practices in community-based health professional education.
Report presented by Mary Barger, CNM, MPH, FACNM, PhD


NICHD Safe-to-Sleep Breastfeeding Campaign Outreach Meeting
Bethesda, MD
Sponsored by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD)

Key Issues: Breastfeeding to reduce risk of SIDS; roomsharing vs. bedsharing
Attended by Noelene K. Jeffers, CNM, MSN

Elimination of Maternal-Child Transmission of HIV Infection Stakeholders Group Annual Meeting
Pentagon City, VA
Sponsored by ACOG, CDC
Key Issues: Effective methods of completing task of "virtual" elimination of maternal-child transmission of HIV infection in the U.S. by 2030; effects of shifts in federal funding
Attended by Jan Kriebs, CNM, FACNM

AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges
Key Issues: Health workforce supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Attended by Kate McHugh, CNM, MSN, FACNM


JUNE

Drugs and Vaccines in Pregnancy and Lactation
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Key Issues: Improving data pharmaceutical products administered during pregnancy and lactation; better coordination and collaboration between registries.
Attended by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS


IOM Workshop on Place of Birth
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine
Key Issues: What questions should be asked of an Institute
of Medicine Committee on Place of Birth.  The IOM Consensus Document produced by this
committee informs and makes recommendations to the federal government,
including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Attended by Tekoa King, CNM, MPH

US Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association (US
MERA) Work Group

This follow-up meeting from the April retreat took
place in June at International Confederation of Midwives Conference in
Prague.
Key Issues: education, legislation, grandmothering issues.
Participants: US MERA
is comprised of 7 organizations-ACNM, the Accreditation
Commission for Midwifery Education, American Midwifery Certification
Board,
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council, Midwives Alliance of North
America,
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives, and North
American
Registry of Midwives.

JULY

Nursing Alliance for Quality Care Annual Meeting
Silver Spring, MD
Sponsored by the American Nurses' Association and the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Key Issues: Patient and family engagement
Attended by Lynn E. Johnson, PhD.c, CNM, OGNP, RN


IOM Roundtable on Value and Science-Driven Health Care Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Key Issues: ACNM presented the information gained from the Our Moment of Truth campaign and
encouraged the IOM to consider women's reproductive health and childbirth as
important areas on which to focus further research on informed decision-making
and patient engagement.
Report presented by Tina Johnson, CNM, MS, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy

Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG
Key Issues:  ACNM presented on Physiologic Birth initiative, BirthTOOLS.orgACNM is a major partner in this work, and has
had a key role in bundle development. Our continued involvement with the Council will ensure that our professional commitment to
normal physiologic birth, as well as our insights into improving communication
and safety among providers, will be instrumental in improving maternal
outcomes.
Report presented by Tina Johnson, CNM, MS, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy

ACOG Collaborative Practice Manual Project Task Force
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG
Key Issues: The Task Force is charged with revising the 1995
ACOG Guidelines for Implementing Collaborative Practice, and in that
process, exploring opportunities for promotion and implementation of health
collaborative practice models.
Participants: Cathy Collins-Fulea, CNM, MSN, FACNM, and Mary Ann Faucher, CNM, PhD

Futures without Violence Steering Committee
San Francisco
Sponsored by Futures without Violence (FWV)
Key Issues: Selection of plenary and breakout session speakers for
upcoming FWV conference.  Speakers will present new and emerging research and promising
practices in the areas of abuse as a determinant of health, reproductive
coercion and control, and the role of health care in addressing violence against
women.
Attended by Diane K. Bohn, RN, CNM, PhD


AUGUST

National Association of Community Health Centers Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA
Sponsored by NACHC
ACNM exhibited at this meeting.
Exhibit booth staffed by Yolanda Devereaux, SNM; Karen Perdion, CNM; Melanie Phipps, CNM, Elaine Germano, CNM, FACNM, ACNM Senior Education Policy Advisor

SEPTEMBER

National Coalition for Sexual Health Annual
Meeting

Washington, DC
Sponsored by the National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH)
Key Issues: To increase low uptake of
essential preventative sexual health services.
Attended by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS


Flu on Call Stakeholders Meeting
Arlington, VA
Sponsored by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Key Issues: Developing protocols to assist clinicians in
managing the expected surge of patients during seasonal influenza (pandemic) outbreaks.
Attended by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS

Empowering women and strengthening heath systems through investing in
nursing and midwifery enterprise: Lessons from lower income countries

Bellagio, Italy
Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Seattle and Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education
Key Issues: social entrepreneurship principles and how these could be brought to
increase midwifery and nursing practice which would in turn provide for
livelihood for nurses and midwives as well as improve health services.
Attended by Mary Barger, CNM, MPH, FACNM, PhD


OCTOBER

Colorado Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Symposium
Denver, CO
Sponsored by the Colorado Section ACOG; Colorado Affiliate ACNM,
Colorado Section AWHONN
Key Issues: Colorado maternal morbidity and mortality,
including near miss cases, were presented.
Presentation by Tina Johnson, CNM, MS, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice
Atlanta, GA
Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Key Issues: Immunizations
Attended by Carol E Hayes, CNM,
MN, MPH


Patient-Focused Drug Development Public Meeting
and Scientific Workshop on Female Sexual Dysfunction

Silver Spring, MD
Sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Key Issues: Lack of drug treatment for female sexual dysfunction
Testimony presented by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS

Medications in Pregnancy and Lactation
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Key Issues: The need for evaluation of drugs, therapeutics, and vaccines in pregnancy and lactation.
Attended by ACNM Senior Practice Advisor Eileen Beard, CNM, FNP, MS

Women's
Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies

Cynthia Nypaver, CNM, PhD, WHNP-BC, represented ACNM with the
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists on a project to develop
Women's Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies. This project was completed in October.

NOVEMBER

ACOG Collaborative Practice Task Force
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG
Key Issues: The Task Force is charged with revising the 1995
ACOG Guidelines for Implementing Collaborative Practice, and in that
process, exploring opportunities for promotion and implementation of health
collaborative practice models.
Attended by Cathy Collins-Fulea, CNM, MSN, FACNM and Mary Ann Faucher, CNM, PhD, FACNM


US MERA
Update on the work of this collaborative group, comprised of ACNM, ACME, AMCB, MANA, NARM, NACPM, and MEAC.  Learn more about US MERA.

ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice
Washington, DC
Sponsored by ACOG
Key Issues: review and finalize committee opinions, identify
new topics for opinions and retire ones that are outdated.
Attended by Tekoa King, CNM, MPH


DECEMBER

AMCHP Postpartum Think Tank
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Association of Maternal & Child Health
Programs
(AMCHP)
Key Issues: To improve the health and wellness of new
mothers and infants through enhanced utilization and quality of postpartum
care, with a focus on the postpartum visit.
Attended by Tina Johnson, ACNM Director of Professional Practice & Health Policy

National Child and
Maternal Health Education Program Coordinating Committee

Web Conference
Sponsored by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD)
Key Issues: Review of promotion results of "Is it Worth It?"
video and "Know Your Terms" from NICHD.
Attended by Mavis N Schorn, PhD, CNM, FACNM

American Academy of Family Physicians VBAC Guidelines
Melissa D. Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, served on the expert panel to revise the American Academy of Family Physicians VBAC Guidelines.