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| Duke University School of Nursing's "Clinical Instructor of the Year"! |
Barbara has served childbearing
families for decades as a doula, childbirth educator, nurse, nurse practitioner, lactation
consultant, and Certified HUG Teacher. Her recent publication as editor of How To Become Mother-Friendly: Policies andProcedures for Hospitals, Birth Centers, and Home Birth Services, continues to help families get humanistic, optimal care.
In recent years Barbara has devoted her
skills to supporting nursing students, who will be caring for all of us in the
years ahead!
Join me in celebrating what her
students from Duke University said about her when they presented her with this
prestigious award at their graduation service:
Barbara
Hotelling is an exceptional Clinical Instructor. She is able to connect easily
with students, patients and families, and doles out the best hugs! Barbara has
that perfect combination of providing both guidance and freedom to students to
safely manage their own patients’ care within their scope of practice. She steps in when needed, and shows through
example how to provide nonjudgmental, patient-centered care. She utilizes
multiple teaching modalities--kinetic, visual and auditory learning--and has
her students sing songs and practice doula techniques on each other. She even
demonstrated the beauty of birth with a ping pong ball and a balloon!
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| Teaching The HUG in Korea |
Barbara has taught The HUG to parents and professionals in the US, Iceland, Korea, and China. For decades she has dreamed of having even more tools to inform parents
about their newborns’ amazing talents. She says that HUG
Your Baby provides these tools and that she is delighted to have this information to share with expectant and new parents.