March of Dimes recently awarded its 2019 March of Dimes Graduate Nursing Scholarships to three exceptional nurses for post-graduate and doctoral studies in the field of maternal-child nursing. March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit for the health of moms and babies, and they announced the 2019 scholarships at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).
Stacey D. Stewart, President and CEO of March of Dimes, tells prnewswire.com, “Congratulations to these remarkable nurses for their outstanding commitment to the health of moms and babies in their communities. March of Dimes is proud to help these nurses continue their education at this important stage of their careers. With our graduate nursing scholarships, we also help ensure that more moms and babies around the nation will get the highest quality care.”
The scholarship recipients include:
Noelene Jeffers, a registered nurse and certified nurse midwife from Washington, DC. Jeffers is a current Robert Wood Johnson Future of Nursing Scholar at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked in underserved communities in the DC area for several years and her goal is to become a nurse-midwife scientist who utilizes research to understand the multifaceted nature of maternal and infant health disparities found in communities of color in the United States and improve them.
Emily Johnson, a registered nurse pursuing a Master of Science degree in nursing at the University of New Mexico, with a specialization in midwifery. Johnson served in the Peace Corp from 2011 to 2013, educating young women on health and advocating for women’s rights. She has also spent time as a perinatal doula for underserved women in the Baltimore area, and as a labor and delivery nurse and lactation consultant on the Navajo and Fort Apache Reservations. Johnson has developed an understanding of how intergenerational trauma, poverty, unresolved grief, and other stressors that Native American communities have faced predisposes them to increased rates of prematurity and poorer health outcomes.
Heidi Young-Blackgoat, a registered nurse pursuing a Master of Science degree in nursing at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, with specializations in midwifery and women’s health nurse practitioner. Young-Blackgoat has a range of experience with patients and families in the maternal health spectrum. She has provided care for babies in the NICU affected by maternal prenatal substance use and worked extensively with vulnerable populations such as teens and immigrants who did not learn English as their first language. She has focused her career on addressing the poor morbidity and mortality rates among women of color.
March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies by supporting research and providing education and advocacy so that every baby can have the best possible start. Applicants for the March of Dimes Graduate Nursing Scholarships must be registered nurses currently enrolled in a graduate program in maternal-child nursing at the master’s or doctoral level and a member of the ACNM, the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWONN), or the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN). Applications for the 2020 scholarships will be available in September 2019 on the March of Dimes website.
To learn more about March of Dimes recipients of the 2019 March of Dimes Graduate Nursing Scholarships, which were awarded to three exceptional nurses for post-graduate and doctoral studies in the field of maternal-child nursing, visit here.
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