Some of us teach in the classroom and some of us provide hands-on clinical training. PRINT NEW PATIENT FORMS AND BRING THEM TO YOUR FIRST VISIT. All written comments should be sent to the attention of Heather L. Maurer, ACME executive director acme@acnm.org, or mailed to ACME, 8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 3rd or 4th degree lacerations 1.4% Prescriptions for birth control pills Juliet 615.875.4702. Labor and delivery care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center We offer a rigorous dual-focus curriculum that combines one of the nation’s oldest and most progressive Family Nurse Practitioner specialties and one of the top-ranked Nurse-Midwifery specialties in the country. Our practice includes nurse-midwife faculty in leadership at the School of Nursing, and nurse-midwife researchers who generate cutting edge research in pregnancy care. We are fortunate to practice midwifery care within a world-class academic medical center, with the ability to consult with, co-manage with, or refer to other members of the care team - obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine physicians, neonatologists, geneticists, and more. She is also available for postpartum consultations, to solve breastfeeding problems. Every provider in our group is a faculty member at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Referrals within the region's largest network of specialists and surgeons Over the past twenty-four years we have established a stellar safety record. 2410 8th Avenue South. The first midwives at Vanderbilt attended births at a hospital in a rural county west of Nashville, then moved to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1997. We are patient with the birth process. After completing our health assessment lab courses, students have one clinical day in our Vanderbilt practices within a 30 minutes radius of Nashville. Preterm birth rate 5.2%. Your Nurse-Midwifery classes are on campus with clinicals are various sites which may be near Nashville or in other states. We don’t just practice evidence-based care - our providers are generating the evidence that guides safe maternity care world-wide. When the emergency requires surgery, it takes just minutes to gather the team and move to the operating room. Phone: (615) 875-4702. 1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 1710. Our students benefit from personalized attention and learning side-by-side with classmates from diverse backgrounds that enrich learning. Led by experienced certified nurse midwives, the clinics offer services similar to those provided by OB-GYNs, including well woman exams, pap smears and prenatal care; however, the holistic approach to care is the defining characteristic in these nurse-led practices. She offers prenatal breastfeeding visits and group breastfeeding classes to prepare women for nursing. We care for low-risk women, women with pregnancy complications, and women with medical complications. Annual well-woman exams We care for women through those events with education, support, and counseling.

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Vanderbilt Midwives Melrose. Preconception counseling Your comments will be included with the materials submitted for review by the Board of Review. You will learn a family-centered approach that emphasizes health promotion and health maintenance. In accordance with Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education policies and the US Department of Education’s requirements, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is seeking comments related to the continuing accreditation of their nurse-midwifery program.

She works in tandem with the midwives and nurse practitioners to diagnose and treat mastitis and thrush. baby+co. Kathleen is a midwife in full-time clinical practice at the two Vanderbilt School of Nursing midwifery practices: Baby + Company, a freestanding birth center, and the Vanderbilt Midwives and Primary Care at Melrose.

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Website design by Mind's Eye Presentations, Inc. © Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Episiotomy rate 2.5% We are staffed exclusively by graduate level trained advanced practice registered nurses from the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. In accordance with Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education policies and the US Department of Education’s requirements, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is seeking comments related to the continuing accreditation of their nurse-midwifery program. Vaginal birth rate 83% Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery (NMW) Curriculum. Pap smears Over the past twenty-four years we have established a stellar safety record.

And thanks to close relationships with our collaborating physicians, we are able to safely care for some women with medical problems prior to pregnancy, or women who develop complications in pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. Juliet. Midwives believe that women’s lifecycle events (menstruation, conception, pregnancy, labor, birth, breastfeeding) are normal processes, not medical diagnoses. Postpartum care Like all midwives, we offer expert care to healthy women experiencing low-risk pregnancies.