NPWH 5 WHNP Subspecialties Webinar Series

5 WHNP Subspecialties Webinar Series

5 WHNP Subspecialties

Webinar Series

Explore the practice options available for Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners (WHNPs) in our engaging 2-part webinar series!

The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) is thrilled to share our free 2-part webinar series designed to unveil five WHNP subspecialties, including maternal fetal medicine, gynecology-oncology, breast health, infertility/reproductive endocrinology, and urogynecology. Led by experts in the field, this complimentary webinar series offers a comprehensive look at WHNP roles, responsibilities, and career opportunities within each specialization.

"Unveiling 5 WHNP Subspecialties and Job Opportunities" Webinar Part 1

Speakers:
   Susan Kendig, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP
   Laura Petiya, MSN, WHNP, APRN, RNFA
   Sarah Collins, RN, MSN, WHNP

Watch our on-demand panel discussion where three women’s health nurse practitioners explore subspecialties such as maternal-fetal medicine and gynecologic oncology. Learn about the unique roles, responsibilities, and career paths within each discipline, and gain valuable insights to guide your WHNP journey. Whether you're a student, recent graduate, or early-career practitioner, this webinar is an excellent resource for discovering the diverse opportunities in the WHNP field.

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Susan Kendig, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP

Susan Kendig will provide an overview of each of the five sub-specialty practices, insights into their unique roles, responsibilities, and WHNP career pathways.

Susan Kendig is a board certified women’s health nurse practitioner and attorney with over four decades of experience as a health care provider, educator, and strategist. Her clinical practice and policy work is grounded in a strong background at the intersection of clinical practice, policy, and public health. Sue serves as Director of WHNP Practice and Policy, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH). She was Chair of the Task Force updating the WHNP: Guidelines for Education and Practice (7th Ed) and on the lead team for the Guidelines( 8th Ed) update. As a teaching professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Sue led the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program for almost two decades. Active in public service, she has held appointments to CMS Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC). A member of the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health (AIM) Executive Committee, she has co-led development of maternal safety bundles related to mental health, postpartum and women’s health. Sue is a member of the Women’s Preventive Services (WPSI) Advisory Panel, which guides a HRSA funded collaborative interdisciplinary effort to develop, review, and disseminate recommendations for women’s preventive health care services. Sue is committed to the concept of clinical and community integration as a tool to improve health outcomes, and to optimize quality and equity in health care service delivery. To this end, she has provided technical assistance to integrated primary care medical home/behavioral health home and other value-based care initiatives, and collective impact maternal and infant mortality reduction efforts in urban and rural communities.

Laura Petiya, MSN, WHNP, APRN, RNFA

Laura Petiya will delve into the role of WHNPs in maternal-fetal medicine, highlighting career opportunities including roles in maternal-fetal medicine clinics, perinatal centers, obstetric units, research, education, leadership, and the specialized skills required for high-risk obstetric care, prenatal screening, and collaborative practice models.

Laura Petiya been a certified WHNP-BC for over ten years with experience in many women's health specialties. She currently practices Maternal Fetal Medicine in Cleveland, OH, and has a special interest in fertility and oncology. She recently became an RN First Assist and practices full spectrum care from the outpatient office to the operating room. Laura is also the Co-Chair of the NPWH Education Committee.

Sarah Collins, RN, MSN, WHNP

Sarah Collins will discuss the role of WHNPs in gynecology-oncology, highlighting career opportunities including roles in women’s health clinics, gynecological practices, family planning centers, research, education, and leadership, and the specialized skills required for preventative screenings, health counseling and management of gynecological disorders.

Sarah Collins received her Master of Science in Nursing degree in 2004 from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, specializing in Women’s Health. Sarah is nationally board-certified in Women’s Health and Adult Oncology. Her hobbies are traveling, baking, and hiking. Sarah’s primary location is in North Carolina.

"Unveiling 5 WHNP Subspecialties and Job Opportunities" Webinar Part 2

Speakers:
   Kathryn (Kathy) Trotter, DNP, CNM, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
   Rachel Preiss, MS, CNP, WHNP-BC, IBCLC
   Lisa Pair, DNP, WHNP-BC, CRNP, FAUNA

Discover the keys to success WHNPs careers in breast health, reproductive endocrinology, and urogynecology in this empowering webinar session. Whether you're just starting out or looking to advance your career, this webinar offers valuable insights to help you unlock your full potential as a WHNP.

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Kathryn (Kathy) Trotter, DNP, CNM, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Kathy Trotter will discuss the role of WHNPs in breast health, highlighting career opportunities, including roles in primary care, specialty clinics, research, education, and leadership, the scope of practice, and the specialized skills required for breast health promotion, screening, diagnosis, and patient education.

Dr. Trotter is an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing where she is Director of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program. She practiced full-scope midwifery for almost twenty years and continues an active women's health practice. A senior NP for both the benign breast clinic as well as the high-risk breast cancer clinic, she is well respected for breast care from benign conditions to cancer survivor care. Adapting a group visit model from the Centering Healthcare Institute, she initiated an innovative cancer survivorship program at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first of its kind in the U.S. In the last 15 years, she has advanced the model and is a national expert in Centering. She has devoted her life to promoting and teaching about Women's Health and has been named a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as well as the American Nurses Academy. At Duke, Dr. Trotter teaches in the FNP, WHNP, and AGNP-PC curriculum, and serves as a Project Chair for DNP students. She has spoken nationally and internationally about teaching engagement techniques for distance-based students, as well as topics within her women's health clinical expertise. Dr. Trotter received her BSN from George Mason University. Her graduate degrees were earned in midwifery at the University of Kentucky and her doctorate at Duke University.

Rachel Preiss, MS, CNP, WHNP-BC, IBCLC

Rachel Preiss will discuss the day to day practice of WHNPs in a large urban fertility center and ways that a WHNP's skills are utilized in other fertility practices, as well as NP roles in research, education, and advocacy.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Biology and Peace studies, Rachel Preiss spent a year doing virology research followed by a year teaching English in China before finding her passion in nursing. Rachel earned her Master's of Science in Nursing from Boston College in 2008 and completed her post-Master's certificate in Nursing Education in 2009. Since that time, she has worked in a range of clinical settings including primary care, infertility, general obstetrics and gynecology, and as a sexual assault nurse examiner. Today, Rachel practices both at a large infertility clinic in the Boston metro area and at the Dimock Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center in one of Boston's most diverse neighborhoods. Rachel also teaches Advanced Family planning to clinicians throughout Massachusetts through the local Title X grant program. In her spare time, Rachel hones her carpentry and craft skills with projects all over her house and builds a lot of forts with her 5-year-old son.

Lisa Pair, DNP, WHNP-BC, CRNP, FAUNA

Lisa Pair will discuss the role of WHNPs in urogynecology highlighting career opportunities, including roles in urogynecology clinics, pelvic health centers, specialty practices, research, education, advocacy, and the specialized skills required for patient assessment, treatment planning, and postoperative care coordination.

Lisa S. Pair is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She teaches in the graduate MSN and DNP Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner pathways. She practiced for over 20 years in an urogynecology clinical practice with 4 board-certified urogynecology providers. Over the 20 years of clinical practice, she worked one day with the physicians assisting with procedures such as cystoscopies and complex cystometrogram and pressure flow studies and uroflowmetry. During the other 4 days in clinic she provided care to women with pelvic floor prolapse, urinary incontinence, bladder emptying issues, sacral neuromodulation programming and management, percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation procedures, and pessary fitting and management. In addition, she participated as a research urogynecology nurse practitioner collecting clinical data for 17 NIH-funded research grants over the course of her career. She continues to serve the urogynecology patient population through her work with the Society for Urologic Nursing and Associates (SUNA), educating urogynecology advanced practice providers and nurses, serving on the publications committee (developing patient education publications, position statements, etc. to provide clinical guidance to the practicing nurse and advanced practice nurse. Furthermore, she provides clinical education at national conferences to help educate practicing nurses and nurse practitioners in the care of urogynecology patients.

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