Posts Tagged ‘Michelle Collins’
A Dad’s Guide to Sex After Baby
May 1, 2019
Michelle Collins, certified midwife and assistant professor of nursing, provides insight on how breastfeeding could impact your sex life after birth. She notes that it can be difficult for breastfeeding moms to “switch the roles” of their breasts from feeding implements to sexual objects.
Nursing Pinning ceremony marks program completion
May 10, 2018
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) recognized graduating Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice students during a traditional Pinning ceremony on Thursday, May 10, at Nashville’s Scarritt Bennett Center. Dean Linda D. Norman, DSN, FAAN, the Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing, greeted the approximately 250 students and guests and gave…
School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery and DNP students pinned at program completion
January 22, 2018
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. The Nurse-Midwifery students received VUSN nursing pins in accordance with a nursing profession tradition started by Florence Nightingale. The DNP graduates received guards to wear with their previously earned…
Natural way: Midwife aided, mother approved. More women push back against the medicalization of birth
May 12, 2017
In the past quarter century, the number of midwife-facilitated births has nearly tripled. And although it is still a relatively low eight to nine percent, demand is on the rise, driven in part by a questioning of current cultural norms. Michelle Collins, head of the Nurse-Midwifery specialty at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing recently was interviewed…
Nitrous oxide makes a comeback
February 13, 2017
In 2014 Nicole Dutcher delivered her first child using natural childbirth. She was passionate about trying it again with her second pregnancy. But one thing stood in the way — her memory.
School of Nursing holds December pinning and awards
January 5, 2017
Family and friends of 17 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) students gathered in Benton Chapel Dec. 9, 2016 for pinning ceremonies. Among those receiving the nursing pin were two Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (AGPCNP) and nine Nurse-Midwifery Nurse Practitioners (NMW). In addition, six Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates received pin guards signifying…
