Elaine Webber
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Professor
           
        
        Contact Info:
        
                    Campus: McNichols Campus
                            Building: CHP
                            Room: 242
                                    Phone: 313-578-0443
                            Email: webbered@udmercy.edu
        
                        
    
                    
        
                            Teaches:
                    
        
                                            Pediatric Nursing
                                                Introduction to Professional Nursing in the Mercy and Jesuit Traditions
                                                Leadership Immersion
                                                Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
                            
    Degrees
- Board Certified Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
 - International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE)
 - D.N.P., Oakland University
 - M.S.N., University of Michigan
 - B.S.N., University of Michigan
 
Biography
Dr. Elaine Webber has been teaching full time at the University since 2012. She particularly enjoys teaching a community engaged learning course, which introduces students to engaging with individuals in the communities surrounding the McNichols Campus.In addition to teaching, Dr. Webber maintains a clinical practice in pediatric primary care as a certified pediatric nurse practitioner with a specialty focus in breastfeeding support. As an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), she established a breastfeeding clinic in a community hospital and later another breastfeeding clinic within the affiliated pediatric office.Webber has served on a variety of professional boards in leadership positions including the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners – Michigan Chapter (NAPNAP-MI), Michigan Association of Lactation Consultants (MALC), Regional Pediatric Nurse Leaders and Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC). LEAARC is an international organization and a leader in establishing standards for professional lactation practice and guidance in formal lactation education programs.- 
                        
                                                    
                                                
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Areas of Expertise and Research
Areas of Expertise
- Pediatric Nursing
 - Clinical simulation
 - Breastfeeding
 - Mentoring
 
Areas of Research
Webber's primary research focuses on lactation education of future healthcare providers. She has numerous publications on the topic including:
- Using simulation to teach breastfeeding skills
 - Establishing lactation rooms on the campus
 - Surveys of Family Nurse Practitioner, Midwifery and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner programs in the United States for lactation content
 - Breastfeeding and postpartum depression
 
 
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