NOMINATE! Family-Centered Caregiver Recognition Award

Do you ♥ a Midwife, OB, Nurse, Doula, Family Doctor or ANY other birth professional?

Do they respect and empower women, while treating birth as a normal and healthy process*?

Then NOMINATE them TODAY for the AZBN Family-Centered Caregiver Recognition Award!

[you could WIN a prize just for nominating!]

Our Family-Centered Caregiver Recognition Project serves to honor and celebrate Arizona birth professionals who provide exemplary care, as defined by The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services*.  These individuals base their practice on a philosophy of care that is family focused, mother-friendly and evidence-based. They work to improve the conditions under which women labor and birth, and actively discourage, or work to change practices that are not in the best interest of mothers, babies and families.

Former winners include:

Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, CPM, LM
Freedom & The Seed Homebirth Midwifery
480.528.1689

Dr. Nichelle Whitehead, MD, FACOG
2035 N 3rd St Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-288-0777

Lynette Casey, CNM
Bethany Women’s Health Care
602-973-3200

Details of the Nomination and Award

• Nominations are due by 8/18/10 via this web link nomination form.
• Please be prepared to provide us with your contact information as well as the contact information for the person(s) you are nominating.
• Please be prepared to answer 3 brief questions about why your nominee is deserving of this award.
• Nominees will be selected based on review by the AZBN Board of Directors by October 2010.
• All nominees will receive notification of their nomination, and caregivers chosen for the award will receive a framed certificate and will be recognized in the Arizona Birth Network Newsletter, at our “Birth Blooms in the Desert” Conference, and on our website/blog.
• As a THANK YOU:  We will also select 3 nominators (that’s YOU) at random for super-cool raffle prizes!

The principles underlying the CIMS model of maternity care are: *

• Normalcy: treat birth as a natural, healthy process.
• Empowerment: provide the birthing woman and her family supportive, sensitive and respectful care.
• Autonomy: enable women to make decisions based on accurate information and provide access to the full range of options for care.
• Do No Harm: avoid the routine use of tests, procedures, drugs, and restrictions.
• Responsibility: give evidence-based care used solely for the needs and in the interests of mothers and infants.

Who is eligible for nomination?
Any professional directly providing care to pregnant or birthing women/families in Arizona, or who otherwise has impact on their care and/or experience (through volunteer work, policy change, etc) is eligible for this award.

This includes, but is not necessarily limited to:

• Obstetricians, Family Doctors, Naturopathic Doctors
• Certified Nurse Midwives, Licensed Midwives, Lay Midwives
• Labor and Delivery Nurses, Post-Partum Nurses, NICU Doctors/Nurses
• Lactation Consultants, Birth & Post-Partum Doulas, Birth Activists
• Childbirth Educators, Hospital Administrators, Volunteers

Please Note: Members of the AZBN Board of Directors and Permanent Committees are not eligible for nomination.

*This information was taken with permission from: Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS).