Education
- Medical Training Institute, Midwifery Mastery Certificate as Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Dallas, TX, 2002 - 2005
- Excelsior College, Associate of Science and Nursing (ASN) Degree, Bachelor of Science and Nursing (BSN) Degree, 2006 - 2007
Post-Graduate Education
- Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree, Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Specialty, 2007-2009
- Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing, Post-Master's Certificate as Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, 2009
Certification
- Certified Nurse Midwife - American Midwifery Certification Board
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner - National Certification Corporation
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
Licensure
- Iowa, Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Iowa, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
- Iowa, Registered Nurse
Professional and Academic Positions
- Doula Instructor, Professional Labor Support Course, Dallas, TX, 2007 - 2009
- Registered Nurse, Community Health Free Clinic, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2007
- Registered Nurse, Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2007 - 2008
- Labor, Delivery, & Postpartum Nurse, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2010
- Clinical Assistant Professor & Certified Nurse Midwife, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2010 -
Areas of Research Interest or Areas of Clinical Interest
- Adolescent pregnancy
- The physiologic initiation of labor
- Pelvic floor integrity and childbirth
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