The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) presented the Hill-Rom/Celeste Phillips Family-Centered Maternity Care Research Award to Carol Lawrence, MS, BSN, RNC-OB, for her study entitled, “Development of an instrument to measure early mother-infant separation.” Carol Lawrence, one of two recipients of the 2011 award, has been a nurse for nearly 25 years. She is currently a Nursing Practice Specialist at Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Florida, and a doctoral student at the University of Central Florida’s College of Nursing.
