March of Dimes Announces Nursing Scholarship ...(or a PhD in nursing from Kansas Universi...),Health

Date:7/7/2008

or a PhD in nursing from Kansas University. Ms. Rosen's career goals include conducting research specific to childbearing families, as well as teaching obstetrics and research in a school of nursing. During her clinical nursing career, Ms. Rosen has attended more than 2,500 births and was instrumental in the development of family centered maternity care in her community. She is a long-time volunteer for the March of Dimes, and has received numerous awards, including Nurse of the Year from the Kansas State Board of Nursing.

-- Erin Tenney, RN, BSN, of Bayfield, Wisconsin, who currently works at the Red Cliff Tribal Health Center in rural Wisconsin and is a candidate for a dual master's degree (nurse-midwifery and women's health nurse-practitioner) from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. Ms. Tenney aims to improve women's health in the Native American and Hispanic communities. She has already developed a community-based doula network to provide labor support for women living on the reservation, and has become certified as a lactation consultant and childbirth educator. She also holds a certificate in nonprofit administration. As a nurse-midwife/nurse-practitioner in a rural setting, she will be able to provide health care for hundreds of women who would otherwise receive none.

-- Kristin VanderEnde, RN, MSN, CNM a Decatur, Georgia resident, who is studying for a PhD in nursing from Emory University. Ms. VanderEnde is a nurse midwife who has worked in Kenya and in the Northern Mariana Islands, providing care for women in need.

She plans to study the effects of partner violence on maternal and neonatal health, and will be collecting data for her doctorate among women in Bangladesh. She hopes to train nurses and nurse-midwives who have a vision to improve maternal-child health.

The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide and its premier event, March for Babi
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