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Julia Bower
R.N., M.S.N.
Certified Nurse Midwife
900 Garner Ave. Austin, TX 78704
phone 512-447-7899
www.juliamidwifeaustin.com
Experience
Certified
Nurse Midwife/Owner/Director (2000-present)
Private practice, Austin, TX
Homebirth, prenatal, postpartum, newborn, women's health and family planning
services.
Certified
Nurse Midwife (1997-2000)
Austin Area Birthing Center, Austin, TX
One of two midwives providing
prenatal, birth and women's health care.
Attended over 120 births at the center and in homes.
Trained apprentice midwives.
Certified
Nurse Midwife (1997)
All God's Babies Birth and Women's Center, Austin, TX
Assisted with labor and delivery. Conducted prenatal classes, postpartum home visits and provided prenatal
care.
Student
Nurse Midwife (Spring 1997)
Holy Family Services, Weslaco, TX
Provided prenatal, labor, delivery, postpartum and newborn care at a birth
center that predominantly serves Mexican immigrants in the Texas-Mexico
border region.
Student
Nurse Midwife (Fall 1996)
Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, Chinle, AZ
Offered labor, delivery, newborn, and postpartum care to Navajo families
at an Indian Health Service hospital.
Student
Nurse Midwife (Spring 1996)
Family Birth Center, Denton, TX
Provided well-woman, family planning, and prenatal care to clients of
a community clinic and birthing center.
Labor
and Delivery Nurse (1993-1995)
The Arlington Hospital, Arlington, VA
Cared for mothers and newborns during labor, delivery and postpartum.
Registered
Nurse (1993)
East Coast Migrant Health Project, Chambersburg, PA
Provided primary care to migrant farm workers in the field and at Keystone
Clinic. Developed and taught HIV education program.
Patient
Advocate (1991-1992)
Mayfield Community Clinic, Palo Alto, CA
Accompanied patients during medical visits, educating them about illnesses,
medications and family planning. Assessed prenatal and postpartum women.
Translated for Spanish-speaking clientele.
Education
University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (1997)
M.S.N. in Nurse-Midwifery, Graduate School Merit Fellowship, Excellence
in Nursing Award.
Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1993)
B.S. in Nursing, Leona Bowman Carpenter Merit Fellowship.
University
of Texas at Austin, TX (1991)
M.A. in Latin American Studies, Graduate School Merit Fellowship.
Stanford
University, Stanford, CA (1986)
B.A. in Human Biology with focus on international public health issues.
Professional Affiliations
American College of Nurse-Midwives
Association of Texas Midwives
Midwife Alliance of North America
Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse-Midwives
Central Texas Midwives
Licenses and Certifications
CNM American College of Nurse-Midwives
Texas Registered Nurse
CPR
Neonatal Resuscitation