A Streamwood Illinois mother of five and grandmother, Judith Abraham is an experienced hospital administrator and registered nurse who has managed obstetrics wards and women’s care units in hospitals in Wyoming and Chicago. After nearly three decades as a delivery and labor nurse and while serving as an interim department director at Thermopolis Hospital in Wyoming, Judith Abraham earned a master’s in organizational leadership from Lewis University. Lewis University’s master’s program in organizational leadership is for experienced professionals looking to gain strategic planning and decision making skills to manage large projects and organizations. The program offers five concentrations, including nonprofit management, higher education, and executive coaching. Courses take place in the evening to accommodate working students and focus on topics and theories that are relevant to their current and future careers. Students can choose to obtain their credential in organizational leadership with face to face or online course options. The university also offers an accelerated BA and a certificate program. Some potential career paths after graduation include working in human resources, academia, or project management.
An experienced obstetrics nurse who has held director roles in Illinois and Wyoming hospitals, Judith Abraham recently served as an interim director of obstetrics at Wyoming's Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. Judith Abraham enjoys spending her free time with her five children, one of which is a professional Muay Thai kickboxer.Muay Thai has not yet been included in the Olympic Games, but support is increasing for that to happen in the near future. There are 135 national Muay Thai federations, 60 of which are recognized by their respective Olympic Committees. Moreover, those federations comprise nearly 400,000 registered athletes. In 2016, Muay Thai earned provisional recognition as an Olympic sport from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which means Muay Thai will receive $25,000 in annual funding and be eligible to apply for inclusion in the Olympic Games in 2019. Months before granting Muay Thai provisional status, the IOC approved karate, sports climbing, surfing, skateboarding, and baseball/softball for the Tokyo 2020 program.
The recipient of a bachelor's degree in nursing from Elmhurst College and a master's degree in organizational leadership from Lewis University, Judith Abraham is an experienced obstetrics nurse who has held director roles at hospitals in Illinois and Wyoming. An avid hockey fan, former Wyoming resident Judith Abraham counts the Chicago Blackhawks as her favorite National Hockey League (NHL) team.Although Corey Crawford is expected to be the Blackhawks starting goaltender next season, the team will have depth at the position following the recent acquisition of Cam Ward. The team signed the veteran goaltender and former Stanley Cup winner to a one-year, $3 million contract on July 1. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ward was selected 25th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2002 NHL Draft and has spent his entire 13-year career with the Eastern Conference franchise. Ward was just a rookie during his former team's 2005-06 Stanley Cup-winning season, but earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He has since compiled a career regular season record of 318-244-84 to go along with a 2.70 goals against average, and a .909 save percentage. While he's expected to serve as the team's backup goaltender, he is more than capable of filling in as a starter for an extended period of time should Crawford miss extensive time with an injury, as he did last season.
As a licensed registered nurse and certified inpatient obstetric nurse, Judith Abraham has accrued more than 30 years of experience working in Illinois and Wyoming hospitals. Former Wyoming professional Judith Abraham draws on an in-depth knowledge of perinatal assessment tools, including amniocentesis.Amniocentesis is a prenatal procedure used to assess the health of the baby. Physicians will often use it to test for genetic conditions such as Down syndrome, particularly when the expectant mother has had positive screening test results or is at particularly high risk of giving birth to a child with a certain condition. In other cases, physicians utilize amniocentesis to test for infection or illness in the fetus. It is often used to detect diseases caused by a single gene defect, which doctors may identify through carrier screening or evaluation of the parents' family histories. The test may also serve as a way of evaluating anemia in babies with Rh sensitization, which causes the mother's immune system to act on the proteins of a fetus' blood cells.Amniocentesis may also help a medical team to determine whether a baby's lungs have matured enough for birth. This is most common when the mother is at 32 to 39 weeks gestation and is at risk of non-emergent pregnancy complications. Before 32 weeks, the baby's lungs are unlikely to be strong enough to allow him or her to breathe outside of the womb.
Judith Abraham, an experienced nurse at medical centers across both Wyoming and Illinois, most recently served as interim director of obstetrics for Thermopolis Hospital in Wyoming. Judith Abraham has also coordinated care for high-risk patients at Illinois' Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, where she received the “I'm Your Advocate” award.A high-risk pregnancy simply means that an expectant mother needs additional care during gestation and delivery. This may be due to the mother's preexisting health status or conditions that developed during the pregnancy itself. A woman who has high blood pressure, for example, may suffer kidney damage during pregnancy or deliver an infant with low birth weight if her condition goes untreated. Similarly, pregnancy-related conditions such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, a sudden increase in blood pressure, can develop in previously healthy women and put the health of both mother and baby at risk.A woman may also have a high-risk pregnancy because she is particularly old or young. Teenage mothers tend to be more prone to high blood pressure and early delivery, while first-time mothers over the age of 35 may have difficulty with labor and are more likely to give birth to a baby with a genetic abnormality. Lifestyle factors, such as smoking or alcohol use, may raise a woman's risk of complications as well.
The recipient of a bachelor's degree in nursing from Elmhurst College and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Lewis University, Judith Abraham is an experienced obstetrics nurse whose past roles include care coordinator at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and interim director of obstetrics at Wyoming's Thermopolis Hospital. Supplementing her extensive experience in Illinois and Wyoming, Judith Abraham holds membership with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).In addition to providing networking opportunities and professional resources, AWHONN offers a variety of grants and scholarships to help members advance their careers. For more than 23 years, the organization has also provided research grants to further the nursing profession with evidence-based research projects and initiatives. Through its “Every Woman, Every Baby” charitable arm, AWHONN has received more than $480,000 from its members and corporate entities to fund research grants and assist hospitals in establishing its Perinatal Orientation and Education Program.
Throughout the course of her 30-year career as a nurse, Judith Abraham has worked in the obstetrics department for several Illinois-based hospitals and served five months as interim director of obstetrics for a hospital in Wyoming. Supplementing her extensive experience in both Illinois and Wyoming, Judith Abraham holds membership with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).In response to the decision of Lynn Erdman to step down as CEO of the nonprofit organization, the AWHONN board of directors appointed Suzanne Berry as its interim CEO. It will name a permanent CEO at a future date. An experienced executive, Berry owned an association management company until 2007, when she sold it to pursue interests with health-related organizations. Since then, she has held C-suite positions with the American Diabetes Association and the International Association for the Study of Pain. She has also worked for the American Society of Interior Designers and Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.Through working in those executive roles, Berry gained a wealth of experience in fundraising and development, strategic planning, project management, and infrastructure review. She earned an MBA from Northeastern University and holds membership with the American Society of Association Executives.
An accomplished nurse and former interim director of obstetrics, Judith Abraham has spent more than three decades working for hospitals and health care organizations in Wyoming and Illinois. Throughout her career in both Illinois and Wyoming, Judith Abraham has held membership in the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit group, AWHONN stands out as one of the largest organizations devoted to the health of women and newborns. Through networking opportunities, research grants, and clinical resources, AWHONN enhances the professional profiles of its members and, in doing so, improves the nursing profession.One of AWHONN’s primary goals is to provide ongoing education and training to its members. Though the organization does not maintain professional certification programs, it does offer a rich array of continuing nursing education (CNE) options. In-person offerings include courses on fetal heart monitoring and obstetric patient safety, with certificates of completion provided to participants who successfully fulfill the course requirements. Individuals also have an opportunity to take courses remotely through the AWHONN Online Learning Center (OLC). In addition to designated courses on topics such as critical care obstetrics education, the OLC features webinars throughout the year on a variety of changing topics.
A nurse with experience in Wyoming and Illinois, Judith Abraham received Nurse of the Year honors from the Chicago Sun-Times in 2004 for her work to save a mother and child. She most recently served as the interim director of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Continuously dedicated to providing high-quality care to delivering mothers, Judith Abraham draws on an in-depth knowledge of what makes a pregnancy high-risk.A clinical team may classify a pregnancy as high-risk if there is danger to the mother, the baby, or both. Certain mothers are high-risk due to a preexisting condition, such as a personal history of diabetes, heart problems, or chronic high blood pressure. Women who are older than 35 or younger than 17 qualify as high-risk, as well.Other risk factors relate specifically to the expectant mother's prior history with pregnancy. Those who have miscarried three or more times are at high risk, as are those who experienced such dangers as preterm labor or preeclampsia in a prior pregnancy. Relatedly, those who have had repeat Caesareans sections or other pelvic surgeries are at high risk.In terms of the present condition of a pregnancy, women who are carrying two or more babies are classifiable as high-risk. The same is true of women whose unborn infants have received a diagnosis of a genetic or medical condition.Women who have an active infection, such as HIV, are at high risk of problems during pregnancy. Certain other medications and health conditions may put a woman at high risk as well. Prenatal care plays a vital role in identifying these conditions, while providing the monitoring that improves a woman's chances of a healthy birth.
