What is a Midwife?
Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) are licensed health care providers educated in nursing and midwifery. Certified midwives (CMs) are licensed health care providers educated in midwifery. CNMs and CMs have graduated from college; they have passed a national examination; and they have a license to practice midwifery from the state they live in. Most of the midwives in the United States are CNMs or CMs.The midwifery practice at Westside Women's Care was started in 1994, since then the midwives have delivered over 6,000 babies.
Meet the Midwives
Norine Taylor
Norine graduated for the University of Colorado Health Science Center in 1994 and has been with Westside Women’s Care since then. Norine believes that the primary goal in pregnancy is a healthy baby and a healthy mom, but also a positive birth experience. Norine feels the job of the midwife is to help pregnant women and their families to meet these goals. Norine and her husband Brian enjoy biking, hiking and keeping up with their 3 grown children as they are starting their careers.
Jules Javernick
Jules also graduated from the University of Colorado Health Science Center. Jules joined Westside Women’s Care in 1999. Jules believes that by working in collaboration with women and their families, pregnancy and birth can be a positive, empowering experience. Helping women have their ideal birth experience is her goal. Jules and her husband Keith enjoy the active lifestyle that Colorado provides. You may see Jules out jogging as you drive around town.
View BioTrisha Vaughn
Trisha graduated from the University of Colorado Health Science Center with a Doctorate and Masters in Nursing. Her birth experience encompasses a wide variety of settings from a birth center in El Paso, homebirth and presently delivering in a hospital setting. Trisha believes women and their families should be educated and empowered for their birth experience and wants to facilitate a positive experience. She enjoys teaching prenatal yoga, being outdoors, and running.
Jennifer L. Holcomb
Westside Women’s Care is pleased to announce the addition of Jen Holcomb, a Certified Nurse Midwife to our practice. Jen comes to us with 7 years experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and 2½ years experience as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Most recently Jen has been providing Midwifery and Nurse Practitioner Care at the Colorado Adolescent Maternity Program at the University of Colorado and at the Young Mother’s clinic located in The Children’s Hospital of Denver. Prior to this she was the Clinical Director at Denver Indian Health and Family Services. Besides her clinical role, Jen has also been a clinical preceptor to Nurse Practitioner students, a guest lecturer at Metropolitan State College of Denver, a research assistant and has co-authored a paper on pregnancy.
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Patti McHardy
Patti McHardy has been a Nurse-Midwife for over twenty years and
has worked in several different practice settings along the way.
Most recently, she worked in the public health sector for
Broomfield Health and Human Services as the Nurse Administrator.
Her undergraduate nursing degree is from Louisiana State
University and she graduated from the University of Colorado
with a Masters in Science in Maternal Child
Health/Nurse-Midwifery.
Wendy Thompson
Wendy
graduated from the Frontier School of Midwifery in 1997, and
received her Masters of Science in Nursing from Case Western
Reserve University in 1998. Her undergraduate nursing degree is
from San Francisco State University. She worked in many areas of
nursing, including ten years as a labor and delivery nurse and
certified childbirth educator. A California native, Wendy
practiced full-scope midwifery there until late 2006.
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Helpful Links:
www.mymidwife.org - everything you need to know about midwifery, pregnancy, and women's health.
Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) and Certified Midwives (CMs) focus on you - the woman, the mother, the child, the father, the partner, the grandparent - while providing health care services to women and newborns.