10: The Virtual International Day of the Midwife - Jane Houston

Jane F. Houston DNP, CNM, FACNM began her nursing and midwifery education in Scotland where she became a registered general nurse RGN with a Bachelor’s degree and completed her diploma in midwifery in 1992 to become a Registered Midwife. She has always felt called to the profession of midwifery since childhood. Jane has caught over 2000 babies on 4 continents, in countries including USA, Scotland, Zimbabwe and New Zealand. She entered graduate school at the University of Florida in 2001 and completed her MSN studies so she would be able to provide midwifery care in Gainesville, Florida. She became the first midwife on staff at a local hospital there. Jane was in the first DNP class at University of Florida, graduating in 2009 and continued her career in education becoming Director of Midwifery there in 2011-2015. She joined the faculty at Frontier Nursing University in 2015 as Clinical Director for Midwifery and Women’s Health. She is now the Director of the DNP program there.