All Posts: midwifery

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School of Nursing Alum to Speak About Justice and Joy at Midwifery Anniversary Celebration

In celebrating 50 years of the nurse-midwifery program at Georgetown, the School of Nursing chose to honor one of their own, Ebony Marcelle (N’04), CNM, MS, FACNM, with the…

September 22, 2023

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School of Nursing Graduate Student Embraces Yupik Lifestyle While Serving Underserved Populations in Rural Alaska

Lindsey Wagner (G’24) worked as a clinical instructor and nurse in Bethel, a small city in western Alaska, and will soon embark on new work serving Native peoples as she…

September 15, 2023

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Labor of Love: Georgetown’s Renowned Nurse-Midwifery Program Celebrates 50 Years

The first of its kind in the DC area and one of only 10 in the country when it launched in 1973, the midwifery program at Georgetown continues as it began: emphasizing holistic…

July 13, 2023

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School of Nursing Midwifery Members Inducted as ACNM Fellows; Additional Members Honored

Congratulations to three members of our School of Nursing midwifery family for their induction as Fellows in American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) on May 7 at the ACNM Annual…

May 19, 2023

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Nurse-Midwifery Alumna on a Mission to Improve Maternal Health in Zanzibar

Driven by the belief that women should not have to put their life at risk if they chose to become pregnant, nurse-midwifery alum Nafisa Jiddawi (M’14), FNP-C, WHNP-BC, CNM,…

March 10, 2023

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History of Nurse-Midwifery Program Reveals a Lasting Commitment to Community Care and Political Advocacy

In its first two decades of existence, Georgetown University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program achieved remarkable success in providing perinatal care to the D.C.…

February 23, 2023

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Mara Evans Joins Nurse-Midwives Delegation to UAE

Mara Evans, DNP, CNM, an instructor in the nurse midwifery program at Georgetown’s School of Nursing, joined a select group of midwives from the United States in representing…

December 9, 2022

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Changing the Perception of Midwives, One Hospital at a Time

Andrea Gekas (G’18) and Tiffany Golub (G’18), both graduates of Georgetown’s nurse-midwifery/women’s health nurse practitioner (NM/WHNP) program, are working to encourage…

July 15, 2022