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Graduate nursing scholarships: Recipients
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2017
March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award for Highest-Scoring Applicant 2017
Jeanine Valrie Logan, RN, MSN, MPH
Jessie Sue Holmquist, RN, BSN
Shakima Wiggins, RN, BSN, LCCE, IBCLC
Kathryn Malin, RN, APRN, NNP-BC
2016
March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award (inaugural year)
Carrie Neerland, MS, APRN, CNM, Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota
Corinne Audette, MSN, CNM, Orlando, FL, University of Central Florida
Melissa J. Kurtz, MSN, MA, RN, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Michele Kacmarcik Savin, MSN, NNP-BC, Wilmington, DE, Thomas Jefferson University
2015
Lauren M. Head, BSN, RN, Decatur, GA, Emory University
Laura Manns-James, PhD(c), CNM, WHNP-BC, Oberlin, OH, Kent State University
Ali Sevilla de Cocco, MDiv, SNM, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University
Valerie Willis, MSN, RN, PNP-BC, CNS-BC, Menifee, CA, University of San Diego
2014
Diana R. Jolles, MSN, PhD(c), CNM, Houston, TX, Texas Woman's University
Mary L. Puchalski, MS, APN, CNS, NNP-BC, Pittsburgh, PA, Chatham University
Wendy A. Shultis, PhD, RN, Portland, OR, Oregon Health and Science University
Hien K. Tran, RN, BSN, SNM, Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico
2013
Nicole Smith Carlson, MS, CNM, Decatur, GA, University of Colorado
Kathleen Jones Danhausen, SNM, MPH, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University
Samantha L. Port, MSN, MBA, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Campbellsville, KY, Western Kentucky University
Donna Louise Schminkey, PhDc, MPH, RN, CNM, Harrisonburg, VA, University of Virginia
2012
Rachel Ballester, RN, Springfield, Mass., Baystate Midwifery Education Program
Michelle Dynes, CNM, MSN, MPH, Atlanta, Ga., Emory University
Julie Moon, RN, Hyden, Ky., Frontier Nursing University
Njoki Ng'ang'a MPhil, MSc, RNC, New York, N.Y., Columbia University
2011
Rachel Newhouse, RN, Chicago, Ill., University of Illinois at Chicago
Julia Vigdis Perkins, RN, Baltimore, Md., Johns Hopkins University & Shenandoah University
Rebecca M. Pfender, RN, BSN, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Annie J. Rohan, MSN, RNC, NNP/PNP, Stony Brook, N.Y., Columbia University
2010
Kirsten Hanrahan, ARNP, DNPc, Iowa City, Iowa, University of Iowa
Amana Alcala Moss, Minn., RN, Corvallis, Or., Oregon Health and Science University
Amy E. Starke, MPH, RN, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan
Leah M. Peterson, RN, SNM, San Francisco, Calif., University of California, San Francisco
2009
MaryJane Lewitt, RN, CNM, Minn., Atlanta, Ga., Emory University
Priscilla M. Nodine, CNM, MS, Lakewood, Colo., University of Colorado at Denver
Ping Jin Porter, RN, BSN, SNM, Albuquerque, N.M., University of New Mexico
Lauren Thorngate, Ph(c), RN, CCRN, Seattle, Wash., University of Washington
2008
Ashley E. Darcy, BSN, RN, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Lorie Smith Goshin, RN, MSN, New York, N.Y., Columbia University
Cynthia Jensen, RN, BSN, CCRN, San Francisco, Calif., University of California
Amy Law, MS, CNM, San Francisco, Calif., University of California
Ana Luisa Ralston, RN, Washington, D.C., Georgetown University
Libby Averill Rosen, RN, BSN, PhDc, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas University
Erin Hannah Tenney, RN, BSN, Hyden, Ky., Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Kristin VanderEnde, RN, MSN, CNM, Atlanta, Ga., Emory University
2007
Anjli Aurora, RN, MPH, Duluth, Ga., Emory University
Sandra A. Banta-Wright, RNC, Minn., NNP, Portland, Or., Oregon Health & Science University
Jessica Brumley, CNM, Tampa, Fla., University of South Florida
Jane M. DeLuca, RN, PNP, APNG, Rochester, N.Y., University of Rochester
Laura R. Jenson, RN, SNM, Portland, Or., Oregon Health & Science University
Laura Kostura, RN. Georgetown, Mass., Currently on active duty Ind. Iraq. University of Cincinnati
2006
Kate E. Becker, RN, BSN, MTS, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Dominick, RN, Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, Case Western Reserve University
Dawn Kingston, RN, MSC, Ontario, Canada, McMaster University
Gwen Latendresse, CNM, MS, PhD(c), West Jordan, Utah, University of Utah
Jody Lori, CNM, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Arizona
Nicole Rouhana, CNM, Vestal, N.Y., Binghamton University
2005
Mary K. Barger, CNM, Cambridge, Mass., Boston University
Robin Cutler Bratt, RN, Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota
Julia Chachere, SNM, MPH, Sag Harbor, N.Y., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Kathleen Utter King, CNM, Rochester, N.Y., University of Rochester
Rebecca Matthews, RN, Jonesboro, Ark., University of Tennessee
Elizabeth A. Thomas, MSN, RNC, PhD(c), Lubbock, Texas, University of Arizona
2004
Robin B. Knobel, RNC, MSN, NNP, Greenville, N.C., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christie N. Lawrence, RN, BSN, Country Club Hills, Ill., University of Illinois at Chicago
Gina Novick, CNM, MSN, Hamden, Conn., Yale University
Bridget Rene Robinson, RN, BSN, Trenton, Mo., University of Kansas Medical Center
2003
Margie A. Campbell, RNC, Columbus, Ind.
Dawn E. Dailey, RN, MSN, CS, Vacaville, Calif.
Kelli Dyer, BSN, RN, ICCE, Columbus, Ga.
Debra L. Hamilton, RN, BSN, CCM, CNLCP, Cheyenne, Wy.
2002
Jo Ann Dotson, RN, MSN, Helena, Mont.
Judith Hilton, MSN, RNC, Hickory, N.C.
Barbara McFarlin, CNM, MS, RDMS, Chicago, Ill.
Linda Shewey, ICCE, RN, PhD, Kent, Wash.
2001
Carolyn Constantin, MSN, RNC, Atlanta, Ga.
Cecily Floyd, BSRN, Pocatello, Idaho
Eileen Ehudin Pagano, CNM, Columbia, Md.
Laura Warren, RN, Oakland, Calif.
2000
Emily Merideth, RN, MPH, Berkeley, Calif.
Therese McMahan, RNC, MSN, OGNP, Somerville, Mass.
Verna J. Schad, RN, MS, FNP, SNM, Lantry, S.D.
Laura B. Strange, RN, Minn., Dunwoody, Ga.
1999
Terry Griffin, RNC, MS, NNP, Long Grove, Ill.
Wendy Rasso, RN, Pueblo, Colo.
1998
Ginger L. Breedlove, CNM, MSN, Kansas City, Mo.
Carol Sue Omel, RN, MPH, Portland, Or.
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Mary Brucker, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN (pdf slide presentation)
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article (1.6 contact hours, free of charge)
Congenital syphilis rates are rising in the United States.
New! Zika virus: What every nurse should know
Also in Spanish: El virus del Zika en Puerto Rico: Lo que toda enfermera debe saber
artículo (1.8 horas de contacto)
New! Communication in the social media age: Exploring the benefits and challenges in the NICU setting
narrated slide presentation (1.6 contact hours)
New! Prematurity prevention conference 2015
Developing and assessing culturally appropriate health education for childbearing women
Prenatal and intrapartum strategies to prevent prematurity
Assessment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Diabetes care before, during and after pregnancy
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