The World's Foremost Expert on Family-Centered Maternity Care
Celeste Phillips, RN, EdD - A Trendsetter
Celeste Phillips is well known throughout the maternity care community as a pioneer in Family-Centered Maternity Care. After years of working to bring family-centered practices to hundreds of hospitals, she remains passionate about her work. She continues to work with clients, to publish books and articles, and to speak on the subject so close to her heart - true Family-Centered Maternity Care.
"I have spent my whole career doing something I love. How about that!?"
"There is no doubt that Celeste Phillips can be viewed as one of the trendsetters in maternal-newborn health care in the 20th century. She has worked tirelessly for many years to accomplish the vision she has had since she was a young nursing student. . . . As she is so fond of saying, 'They just don't get it yet . . . but they will!'"
From: Zwelling, Elaine. (2000). Trendsetter: Celeste Phillips, The Mother of Family-Centered Maternity Care, JOGNN, 29, 90-94.
Speaking Engagements
Celeste Phillips has spoken at over 300 engagements. She is a highly respected visionary in the field, and is in high demand as a compelling speaker and presenter. Dr. Phillips has been the keynote speaker for multiple conferences, as well as speaking in breakout sessions at conferences, speaking to hospitals, staffs, boards, and other groups. If you would like to have Dr. Phillips speak to your organization, or for more information about her recent work, please contact us.
Recent Publications
Celeste Phillips helped define the philosophy of Family-Centered Maternity Care and has taught and implemented this model of care at hundreds of hospitals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Read her books to learn more about how to support physicians, increase nurse retention, and keep patients coming back to successful family-centered hospitals.
Family Centered Maternity Care: The Business Case
This white paper, written and published in 2007 by Dr. Celeste Phillips, provides a comprehensive look at the benefits of transforming hospital maternity care to a family-centered model. Written in clear and compelling language, this paper clearly establishes the link between FCMC and increased patient satisfaction, quality improvement, risk reduction, and downstream revenue capture.
Click this link to read the White Paper in pdf format
2003 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner!
Phillips, Celeste R., (2003). Family-Centered Maternity Care, Jones and Bartlett, ISBN:0763723606
This seminal text provides everything nurses, physicians, and educators need to develop a Family-Centered Maternity program in their practice or facility. It offers a complete look at Family-Centered Maternity Care (FCMC), covering the history and evolution, and antepartum and intrapartum care for normal and at-risk pregnancies. It also provides examples for developing FCMC programs in hospitals, sample forms, policies and procedures for implementing such programs, and even assessment criteria for hospitals to evaluate their level of compliance with FCMC standards.
Phillips, Celeste R., and Fenwick, Loel. (2000). Single-Room Maternity Care: Planning, Developing, and Operating the 21st Century Maternity System , Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.