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2000                           Masters of Science in Nursing,

                                    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

 

1992-1994                Midwifery Certificate

                                    Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing,

                                    Hyden, KY (4.0 GPA)

 

1984-1988                Bachelor of Science in Nursing

                                    The University of Akron, Akron, OH (Cum Laude)

 

HONORS

Partners in Excellence Scholarship 1984, 1987

National Dean’s List 1985

Ann Van Blaircom Falor Scholarship 1985

Excellence in Family Centered Care Award participant 1992, 1993

 

PROFESSIONAL  ASSOCIATION

American College of Nurse Midwives

Continuing Competency Assessment participant

Local Member: Region 2 Chapter 5

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

10/99-present              Nurse Midwife, Practice Owner

                                   Women’s Health Options Network                                    

                                   Pittsburgh, PA

                                   Solo private, full scope CNM practice. All aspects of practice establishment, development and administration.  Private physician collaboration. Deliveries primarily at UPMC Shadyside, a level II community hospital.  Contract agency for Family Health Council, Inc., a non profit family planning agency.

 

Fall/2002                     Academic Faculty (part time)

                                    Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

                                    Classroom instruction of BSN RN students in obstetric nursing. 4 hours of lecture per week covering entire OB cirruclum.

Spring/2001 

Fall/2001                    Clinical Faculty (part time)

                                    Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA

                                    Clinical instruction of RN students in obstetric nursing at Monongahela Valley Hospital. . Evaluation of written assignments; on site didactic teaching activities and group discussions.

 

Fall/2000 

Fall/ 2001                    Clinical Faculty (part time)

                                    Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

                                     Clinical instruction of BSN RN students in obstetric nursing at Magee Women’s Hospital. Evaluation of written assignments; on site didactic teaching activities and group discussions.

 

Fall/2000                      Clinical Faculty (part time)

                                    Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA

                                    Clinical instruction of RN students in medical- surgical nursing at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.  Evaluation of written assignments; on site didactic teaching activities and group discussions.

 

3/99-11/99                    Nurse Midwife

                                  Premier Medical Associates, PC 400 Penn Center Boulevard-Suite 100

                                  400 Penn Center Boulevard-Suite 100

                                  Pittsburgh, PA 15235 412/825-0881

Full scope midwifery, two birth sites, large gyne/ HRT population.  Integrated, private practice model. Practice closed due to serious illness.

 

11/97-3/99                    Nurse Midwife

                                  WomenCare/FamilyCare

                                  301-6 Great Teays Boulevard

                                  Scott Depot, WV 25560 (304) 757-6999

Full scope midwifery. CNM managed freestanding birth center and family planning clinic. Private practice model, private OB/GYN back up.

                                       * QA & marketing

                                       * Birth Center Design & Management

 

12/95-11/97                 Nurse Midwife

                                   Women & Children’s Hospital

                                   800 Pennsylvania Avenue

                                   Charleston, WV 25302 (304) 348-2595

Teaching center based practice. Medical residents and MFM faculty back up. Internal transfer to freestanding birth center when purchased by hospital.

 *QA & marketing

 

5/95-9/95                      Nurse Midwife

                                   Parkside Women’s Center (formerly)

                                   Galen Health Group

                                   P.O. Box 3408

                                   Youngstown, OH 44513 (330) 792-4646

Full scope, large physician group practice.

 *Developed RN orientation for labor & delivery at Youngstown Osteopathic  Hospital.

 

10/89-3/95                    Registered Nurse

                                  MetroHealth Medical Center

                                  2500 MetroHealth Drive

                                  Cleveland, OH 44109 (216) 778-7800

                                         Staff RN, Labor & Delivery. Level III teaching/referral center.

                                           * Wrote hospital standard of care protocol for labor support

                                           * Developed training program for IFM/IUPC placement for RN’s.

                                           * Resolve Through Sharing (perinatal loss) counselor

                                           *Taught Newborn Physical Assessment (staff development)

                                           * Excellence in Family Centered Care Award nominee 1992 & 1993.

 

12/87-8/89                    Registered Nurse

                                  Akron City Hospital

                                  525 East Market Street

                                  Akron, OH 44309 (330) 375-3000

Staff RN, Labor & Delivery. Level III teaching/referral center.

 

1983                             Counselor

                                     Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

                                     Columbus, OH

                                     Crisis and intake counseling , residential care of battered women and their children,

                                     supervision of volunteers. Trained in the Child Assault Prevention Program.

 

11/80-3/81                     Group Home Attendant

                                       Association for the Developmentally Disabled

                                      Columbus, OH

                                       Residential and Day Care supervision of adults with mental retardation.

 

6/87- 3/79                      House Manager

                                       Huckleberry House

                                       Columbus, OH

                                       Teen run away counseling center and shelter. Crisis counseling with teen runaways and their parents. Supervision of volunteers, community outreach. 

 

4/78-3/79                       Evening Attendant

                                       Spencer  Halfway House

                                       Newark, OH

                                       Residential supervision, crisis counseling, emotional support to recovering alcoholics.

 

7/75-6/76                       Volunteer Crisis Counselor/Shift Leader

                                       Crisis Center/Drug Forum, Newark, OH     

                                       Hot line and walk in crisis intervention, drug identification and testing, community referrals, supervision of team.

 

COMMITTEES

 

Birth Center design committee. WomenCare, 1998, 1999.

 

Quality Assurance Monitoring. WomenCare, 1998, 1999.

 

Newborn Collaborative Practice, multidisciplinary committee. Charleston Area Medical Center 1996, 1997.

 

People First, hospital wide committee charged with improving customer satisfaction. MetroHealth Medical Center 1992.

 

Resolve Through Sharing Task Force, multidisciplinary committee. Charged with  improving institutional response to perinatal loss. MetroHealth Medical Center 1992

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES

     

        Evaluation of student doulas  for DONA certification. Ongoing.

 

        Baby’s R Us, Pittsburgh, PA  Public Education Seminars “What is a Certified Nurse Midwife” 4/2003 “ Staying Fit in pregnancy” 1/2003.   “Pain Control Options”

        2002-2003.

 

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Clinical and classroom instruction of BSN RN students, obstetric nursing rotation, part time, 2000-2002.

 

Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA. Clinical instruction of RN students, obstetric and medical- surgical nursing rotation, part time, 2000 and 2001.

 

Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA. Guest lecture on Philosophy of Nurse Midwifery Care.  April, 1999.

 

WomenCare, Inc. Teays Valley, WV.  Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing clinical preceptor 1998, 1999.

 

Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Family Nurse Practitioner clinical preceptor 1998.

 

Infection Control Educator. Charleston Area Medical Center 1997.

 

Cable Television guest interview on  “Midwifery Practice.” Charleston, WV, 1997

 

Youngstown State University. Guest lecture on Menopause as a Developmental Life Stage 1995

 

Developed Orientation program for RN’s at Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital, 1995

 

Physical Exam and Assessment of the Newborn. RN staff development MetroHealth Medical Center 1994.

 

Internal fetal and Uterine Monitor Placement. RN staff development. MetroHealth Medical Center. 1992, 1993.

 

Domestic Violence Assessment and Intervention. RN staff development. MetroHealth Medical Center 1992.

 

 

 

ARTICLES

 

Pittsburgh Post –Gazette: “Why are so many ceseraeans done moms past 40?” 2/2002

Wilkinsburg Update : “Mature moms get more c-sections” 2/2002

 

 

Pittsburgh Boomers: “Mature moms get more c-sections” 4/2002

 

Expectant Mothers Guide to Pittsburgh: “What is a Certified Nurse Midwife” 

Expectant Mothers Guide to Pittsburgh: “Can you say induce my labor”

 

Pittsburgh Boomers: “Hormone replacement: who needs it?” 2/2001

 

Wilkinsburgh Update: 

 

Shady Ave: “Differently abled doctor: Christine Tyndall, MD adopts new roles” Fall 2001

 

INTERVIEWS

 

ABC World News Tonight segment on men in nursing 8/03

USA Today: More men train to be nurses, midwives, and secretaries. 7/03

Wilkinsburg Update: 

 

Wilkinsburg Update: 

 

Pittsburgh Post –Gazette: “Male nurse midwife adops supportive attitude” 9/2001

 

Allegheny Medical Society  Bulletin

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: “Yates case puts spot light on moms”  (about post partum depression) 3/2002

 

Pittsburgh Boomers: “Midwives not just for babies: an alternative in women’s health care” 8/2000

 

 

Boomers: “Boomers having babies”  12/2000

 

WKDKA Radioi Program Elizabeth

 

Christian radio program

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

CPR & Neonatal Advanced Life Support current since 1991.

 

Family Health Council: HIPPA Workforce Training. 6 hours 4/2003

 

Grand Rounds Charleston Area Medical Center, Magee Women’s Hospital, Shadyside Hospital available on request.

 

American College of Nurse Midwives: Bacterial Vaginosis and Preterm Labor. 1 hour 10/2002.

 

West Virginia University Hospitals: Fall Cancer Conference. 7.8 hours. 10/2001

 

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Clinicians Update 7 hours 5/2001.

 

Institute for Natural Resources: Sexuality and Health. Pittsburgh, PA .  5 hours. 2/2000.

 

Clinical Hypnosis in the Medical Setting: University of Pittsburgh, 19.5 hours, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 2/00.

 

Family Centered Maternity Care: A Collaborative Approach. Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. 16  hours, multiple topics, Marshall Klaus, MD; Penny Simpkin, PT. 2/00

 

Sexuality & Health. INR Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA.  4 hours Dr. Christine Thomas 2/00    .

 

Hydrotherapy  in Labor West Virginia University School of Medicine 4/99 1 CME.

 

STABLE Neonatal Transport. Cabell Huntington Hospital, West Virginia 1/99 6.9 hours.

 

Pharmacology Update: Antibiotics and Analgesia in Women’s Health Care. West Virginia University, 10/98

 

Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses, West Virginia University, 48 hours 4/98.

 

Pharmacology and Women’s Health Issues. Charleston Area Medical Center & the West Virginia chapter of the ACNM. 2.5 hours. 1/98.

 

Medical Provider Reimbursement. Corondelet Management Institute. Pittsburgh, PA 6.5 hours 12/97.

 

Obstetrical Update: Pre-conference for the primary Care Physician. West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians. 3hours 4/96.

 

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. MetroHealth Medical Center 11/94.

 

Protection Through Respect, Involvement, Dignity & Ethics. MetroHealth Medical Center 1.3 hours 2/94.

 

American College of Nurse Midwives 37th Annual Conference. Workshops on domestic violence, clinical issues related to birth setting, intuition and spirituality in midwifery practice, race in midwifery.

 

Resolve Through Sharing (perinatal loss) Counselor Certification Training. MetroHealth Medical Center24.9 hours 1991.

 

OB Preceptor Workshop for RN’s. MetroHealth Medical Center 8.6 hours, 1991.

 

OB Life Flight Orientation. MetroHealth Medical Center 6/91.

 

Issues In Teen Pregnancy. Fairview General Hospital 1.2 hours 5/91

 

Child Birth Education Association of Cleveland “Mind Over Labor “ by Carl Jones 8hours 1/91.

 

Adoption: the Law, the Issues, the Families. Cleveland Regional Perinatal Network 1/91.

 

Pelvic Assessment of the Woman in Labor. MetroHealth Medical Center. 3.6 hours 8/90.

 

Implementing a Code Pink (neonatal resuscitation) Program. Metrohealth Medical Center. 9hours 11/89.

 

OB Anesthesia. Akron City Hospital 11/88.

 

Perinartal Death Support I & II Akron City Hospital 16 hours 1988.

 

Advanced Fetal Monitoring. Akron City Hospital 1988.

 

Internal Fetal Monitoring. Akron City Hospital 1988.

 

OB/Neonatal Continuing Education. Akron City Hospital 43.5 CEU’s 1988.

 

Child Assault Prevention Program. Workshop development for school children on the topic of sexual abuse. Choices for the Victims of Domestic Violence 1983.

 

Positive Parenting Skills. Family Counseling Services, Columbus, OH 12.5 hours 1980.

 

 Mental Retardation: Cultural, Medical, Legal Aspect; Behavior Management.

Association for the Developmentally Disabled 16 hours 1980

 

Ohio youth Services Network Conference. Workshops on drug abuse & family conflicts with teens. Cincinnati , OD 1979.

 

Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement and Psychological Aspects. Panel Discussion sponsored by the Franklin County Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation 3.5 hours 1978.

 

Ohio Youth Services Network Conference.  Workshops on counseling modalities, teen sexuality, legal status of teens. Columbus, OH 18 hours 1978.

 

Crisis Intervention, Family Dynamics, Child Abuse. Huckleberry House, Columbus, OH 32 hours 1978

 

Alcoholism Prevention Program of Licking County. Newark, OH 8hours 1977

 

Crisis Intervention Training. Crisis Center/Drug Forum. Newark, OH 18 hours 1975.    

 

 

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