Lashea Wattie MEd, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, APRN, RNC, C-EFM

Lashea has been practicing in the area of obstetrical nursing for nearly 20 years. Her clinical and educational experience and expertise span labor/delivery, antepartum and mother/baby areas. Lashea is currently working as the clinical nurse specialist for women’s services at a large health system in Georgia. She is also a designated trainer in fetal monitoring instruction through AWHONN.

Lashea has also worked as a nursing instructor and was the perinatal outreach educator for the north Georgia region. This allowed her to provide continual high-risk perinatal education to 36 different hospitals and to teach audiences across the region. Lashea holds two certifications through NCC and currently provides in-services and seminars nationally.

In addition to being an active AWHONN member, Lashea was elected Georgia Section Chair for two consecutive terms. She was a recent recipient of the Fetal Heart Monitoring Instructor Recognition Award program and was appointed to the Georgia Postpartum Hemorrhage Project. She was selected as the lead facilitator in the state of Georgia to assist with the rising rate of maternal deaths because she has successfully moved her region to become more active with lectures, networking and current trends.

Lashea’s expertise in this area is demonstrated in her most recent honor, the 2015 AWHONN Award of Excellence in Community Service. She is an energetic speaker, whose goal is to fully engage the audience in her presentations, leaving them excited and ready to learn more.