After launch two years ago, UTHSC expanding its nurse-midwife program
Certified nurse midwife Kate Fouquier measures the progress of a patient who is 22-weeks pregnant at a Regional One Health primary care facility in Memphis, Tennessee July 12, 2022. UTHSC is working to increase the number of nurse midwives in the Delta region, where maternal mortality rates are high and maternity care is scarce. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The nurse-midwifery program will graduate its first cohort of students in May 2024.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has been writing about Memphis since she moved to the city more than 20 years ago. She’s worked for print, digital and broadcast news outlets, including Memphis Daily News and Action News 5 (WMC), as well as public relations agencies. Her work has earned awards from The Associated Press, Tennessee Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Public Relations Society of America.
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