Nurse-midwifery Program

WATCH: Hear how Bass Military Scholar Vanessa Morales is harnessing her personal experiences to make her a more compassionate nurse midwife. Read More

As she teaches the next generation of nurse-midwives, Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty member and alumna Stephanie DeVane-Johnson looks at ways to increase the number of Black doulas, who provide emotional and physical support to women in pregnancy, during birth and throughout the postpartum period.  Read More

The first baby Vernicia Winford helped deliver into the world as a certified nurse-midwife was her own niece, born just a few days after the nursing graduate student passed her American Midwifery Certification Board exam last December. Read More

Julia Phillippi, assistant professor of nursing, has been named academic director of the Nurse-Midwifery program. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recognized Nurse-Midwifery and Doctor of Nursing Practice students with pinning ceremonies that marked the completion of their programs in December. Read More

Bethany Sanders, a certified nurse midwife at the West End Women’s Health Center, will discuss "Preparing for Labor and Birth" on Thursday, July 20, from noon to 1 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 411. Read More

The American College of Nurse-Midwives has inducted Associate Professor Sharon L. Holley and Instructor of Nursing Tonia L. Moore-Davis into its 2016 class of fellows. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management jumped five spots to No. 22 to score its highest ranking yet on a list of top graduate business schools in the nation compiled by "U.S. News & World Report." Read More

Michelle Collins, a certified nurse midwife and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program, will present "Facing the Challenges of Pregnancy" from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 18 in the next installment of "Babies and You." Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Nurse-Midwifery Program has received a Lifetime Golden Commendation from the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) — one of only four educational programs in the country to achieve this recognition. Read More

Families seeking midwifery care outside of the traditional hospital setting will have a new option beginning next summer — an outpatient birth center. Read More

Cesarean delivery is the most common major surgery in the United States. Although sometimes necessary for the health of mother or child, Jeremy Neal thinks too many C-sections are done without good rationale, contributing to adverse health outcomes. Read More

Students in the Vanderbilt School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program. (Vanderbilt University) Michelle Collins, associate professor of nursing and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program, speaks with Health Plus’ Laura Osterman about the practice of midwifery and what women can do to prepare for… Read More

Michelle Collins, Ph.D., CNM, has been named program director for the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery program. Read More