Missouri Non-Birthing Hospital Survey: Preparation and Capacity Building

Laura Warren-Hughes, MSN, RNC-OB, C-ONQS, IBCLC, is a maternal health leader with over 30 years experience supporting birthing families. She began her career as a lactation specialist and childbirth educator before serving as a labor and delivery nurse and later as the maternity services nurse manager at a critical access hospital. She now serves as director of maternal quality at the Missouri Hospital Association, where she champions statewide efforts to improve maternal outcomes through collaboration, innovation and evidence-based care across the perinatal continuum.