nurse midwifery

How the perception of nurse practitioners and midwives has changed over time

Personal/Professional Growth, Stories / By

Rick Davidson asks Sally Kimberly to reflect on how the role and societal perception of nurse practitioners and midwives has evolved—from the time she first became certified in the early 1970s to present day. She celebrates that the profession has both improved in standing and grown in popularity.   Full footage of Sally Kimberly’s interview …

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Sally Kimberly on becoming a nurse midwife

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Sally Kimberly traces her personal development in the medical field and shares what inspired her to become a practicing nurse and midwife with the National Health Service Corps and Mountain People’s Health Councils (MPHC) in Scott County, Tenn. from 1974-1982.    Full footage of Sally Kimberly’s interview with Rick Davidson.

Ann Baile Hamric

People, Student Health Coalition Participants, Theme: Organizing, Theme: Organizing - People, Themes / By

Ann participated in the Coalition in 1970, the first summer that the Coalition conducted multiple health fairs in middle and eastern Tennessee.  She had just graduated from Vanderbilt School of Nursing. Ann was instrumental in the establishment of structured followup care for clinical issues discovered at the Health Fairs. She helped devise systematic home visits …

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