Sarah Copple

Sarah Copple is a nurse leader on staff at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) as the Manager of Clinical Program Development. She received her Associates Degree in Nursing from Mercy College of Health Sciences, then her BSN and MSN from Walden University. She is certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing and Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety. She worked for 22 years in Maternity Services at a UnityPoint Health- Des Moines in many roles, including staff nurse, unit-based educator and clinical education specialist. Currently in addition to her role at AWHONN, she provides outreach education with Blank Children’s Hospital Advocacy and Outreach and is on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the American Red Cross. In 2010 she was honored to receive the 100 greatest nurses in Iowa award and in 2019 she received the AWHONN Award of Excellence for Clinical Education. She is published on how she enhanced a neonatal resuscitation course for new providers. In all her roles she has been passionate in providing quality education to promote the health of women, pregnant and postpartum people, and newborns.