{"id":15550,"date":"2013-04-29T20:24:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillbirthday.com\/?page_id=15550"},"modified":"2021-04-24T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T21:18:15","slug":"polly-perez-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/polly-perez-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Polly Perez Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polly Perez has spent her entire career serving others.<\/p>\n<p>Paulina \u201cPolly\u201d Perez, RN, BSN, FACCE\u00a0has been an advocate for new mothers and families for over forty-five years.\u00a0 Polly has helped\u00a0establish the\u00a0earliest family centered maternity care units,\u00a0she has worked as a production assistant on films that teach families about family-centered childbirth, she has contributed to important Health Services education for pregnant families, and she teaches new mothers and families important pregnancy, childbirth and new family information, including\u00a0emotional and sexual aspects of pregnancy and\u00a0comprehensive birth preparation including Cesarean birth education.\u00a0 Through her <a title=\"The Cutting Edge Press\" href=\"http:\/\/cuttingedgepress.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online business<\/a>, she\u00a0provides quality products that aid pregnant families and birth professionals in helping to facilitate safe and comfortable childbirth experiences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cuttingedgepress.net\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15573\" title=\"polly\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2013\/04\/polly-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Polly is internationally known for her care of the new family, and\u00a0has earned the Association of Women\u2019s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Award of Excellence, for her excellence in community service, education, practice and research.\u00a0 Polly is also listed among the Outstanding\u00a0 Young Women of America, Who\u2019s Who in American Women and Who\u2019s Who in American\u00a0 Nursing.<\/p>\n<p>Polly wrote <em>the first book<\/em> on the importance of labor assistants, <a title=\"Special Women\" href=\"http:\/\/cuttingedgepress.net\/cep\/proddetail.asp?prod=bkspecialwomen&cat=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn about her <a title=\"Polly's extensive CV\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icappa.net\/member\/pollyperez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major professional accomplishments <\/a>here.<\/p>\n<p>Polly has two helpful websites: <a title=\"Childbirth & Family Education\" href=\"http:\/\/childbirthfamilyeducation.org\/cfe\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childbirth & Family Education<\/a>, and <a title=\"Cutting Edge Press\" href=\"http:\/\/cuttingedgepress.net\/cep\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cutting Edge Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polly has been a part of helping to raise awareness of stillbirthday’s birth and bereavement support in multiple ways, by\u00a0including stillbirthday in her\u00a0CAPPA “Bridging the Gap” presentation in 2012, and by donating her own sewing machine to help us make Teeny Tears diapers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/teenydipes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-15587\" title=\"teenydipes\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2013\/04\/teenydipes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Polly is and has always been passionate about providing supportive care to mothers and families, including building strong connections between nurses and doulas, and advocating for special support for\u00a0bereaved families.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pollyperez.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15591\" title=\"Polly at CAPPA conference 2012 - photo credit Carnley Proud\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2013\/04\/pollyperez-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><em>CAPPA 2012\u00a0 photo credit: Carnley Proud\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Scholarship Qualifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any individual who holds current credentials as a certified doula or as\u00a0a registered nurse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Award:<\/p>\n<p>Generally, only one Polly Perez Scholarship will be awarded each SBD training session.\u00a0 The Scholarship award grants 100%\u00a0tuition\u00a0toward the SBD training\u00a0for the chosen recipient.\u00a0 In addition, once the recipient\u00a0is awarded the Polly Perez Scholarship, he or she will also be entitled to bear the Scholarship logo.\u00a0 The recipient may also be eligible for earned nursing contact hours as outlined in the <a title=\"SBD training registration\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/sbd-doula-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SBD training program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong>: Because safety precautions are impacting the choices that mothers have while in labor, some mothers are choosing a safe transfer to out of hospital care under the guidance of a qualified midwife.\u00a0 Others are still utilizing their doula during early labor, and then entering the hospital for care.<\/p>\n<p>Still others, though, when a qualified out-of-hospital provider isn’t accessible to them, are tempted to consider what is called an “unassisted birth” – labor and childbirth at home <em>without<\/em> the presence of a qualified provider.\u00a0 Even a doula is not a qualified provider.<\/p>\n<p>To help deter the potential temptation to entertain unsafe options, stillbirthday wants the public to know that while hospital staff are sharing the precautions they’ve been instructed to follow, hospital staff also have a high regard for a positive birth experience.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, there will be no cap on the number of hospital-employed or birth center employed nurses who choose to enroll in our online doula program by the end of April, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This health crisis, and the precautions set around it, are temporary.\u00a0 Soon, these precautions will lift.\u00a0 The precaution some hospitals are taking is to ask doulas please to not enter the hospital.\u00a0 This is only temporary.\u00a0 Soon, doulas will return into the hospitals we can’t enter just right now, and return to our very welcomed place as active, visible members of the care team.<\/p>\n<p>In this very temporary time, it is more important than ever for pregnant mothers to trust that there is mutual respect between doulas and nurses, and that her trusted care team truly champions her.\u00a0 We do this, by championing one another.<\/p>\n<p>So, L&D Nurses, we know you’re flat exhausted right now.\u00a0 But if you want to have an online supportive environment, gain some wonderful skills to help your patients, and earn nursing contact hours, you can apply for this scholarship before the end of April, and you can move through the program at your own pace.\u00a0 We know, you will both gain a deeper understanding of the magnitude of care the stillbirthday doula provides (because doulas are not replacable), and, you’ll gain some doula skills applicable in your role (because temporarily it can prove especially helpful for you and your patients).\u00a0 Because, we’re all in this together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22474\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"logo polly perez\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-polly-perez2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To apply:<\/p>\n<p>Please submit application letter with subject: scholarship to heidi.faith@stillbirthday.com<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"SBD registration\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/sbd-doula-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to return to the SBD Training page.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18714302?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polly Perez has spent her entire career serving others. Paulina \u201cPolly\u201d Perez, RN, BSN, FACCE\u00a0has been an advocate for new mothers and families for over forty-five years.\u00a0 Polly has helped\u00a0establish the\u00a0earliest family centered maternity care units,\u00a0she has worked as a production assistant on films that teach families about family-centered childbirth, she has contributed to important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115997,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15550\/revisions\/115997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}