GOLD Speakers

Helen Hurst, DNP, RNC-OB, APRN-CNM

• Speaker Type: Postpartum Care in Practice: Clinical Strategies for Physical and Emotional Recovery Lecture Pack
• Country: USA

Biography:

Dr. Hurst holds a BS in Business Administration, a BS in Nursing, a Master of Science in Nursing/nurse-midwifery and Doctor of Nursing Practice. Her clinical practice encompassed being a registered nurse in labor and delivery and women’s health. As a CNM, she provided antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and women’s healthcare at a community hospital in southwestern Louisiana. She has over 25 years’ experience as a faculty member and academic nursing administrator, joining Creighton University College of Nursing as Associate Dean for Phoenix in July 2022.

Her passion is promoting evidence-based practice in maternity care to improve maternal/ neonatal outcomes, advocating for reducing maternal mortality and disparities in maternal/child health, and educating on syphilis prevention, diagnosis and treatment. She also holds a patent, along with her team at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, for a women’s mobile health unit for use in emergency preparedness and participated in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps I-Corps) Program.

She is active with the Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal nurses (AWHONN), and has served numerous editorial boards, national committees, and expert panels. She has authored multiple publications and presentations focusing on maternity care, nursing education, syphilis, women’s health, and health policy and was a Fellow in AACN’s Leadership in Academic Nursing Program.