Using a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lens to Impact QI Disparities in the NICU with Rose Horton

Rose L. Horton, MSM, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, FAAN is the Founder & CEO of NotOnMyWatch Consulting Partners, an LLC she created 3 years after coining the hashtag #notonmywatch.  In this role she provides consulting for healthcare organizations, keynotes and teams training.  She created the hashtag out of her frustration at the rising rate of maternal & infant morbidity and mortality. As an executive nurse leader, she believed that nurses, as the largest healthcare employee contingent, have the power to change the trajectory of morbidity and mortality. The hashtag is a call to action for all nurses to use their collective voices to support, listen to, advocate for, and follow evidence-based practices in caring for all birthing people.

Rose was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in October 2022, nursing’s highest honor. She is the 2024 President Elect of the Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), a 25,000-nurse member association that is pivotal in creating, supporting, legislating, researching best practices, and evidence-based care of women and newborns.

Rose serves on the Board of Directors for Healthy Birth Day Inc, Count the Kicks, well as the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board for Medela and on the Nurse Executive Advisory Board for Synova Associates. She serves on the Executive Committee for the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives