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in memoriam Bettina S. Bernard, Nurse – Midwifery, Class 04 passed away on Tuesday, February 28,
2017 at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. She was born February 18, 1960 in Indiana, Pa. In September of 2002, Bettina Bernard, CNM, joined Nason OB/GYN. She completed her nurse midwifery training at the Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing in Hyden, Ky. She had practiced full-scope nurse midwifery for more than six years, following 12 years of obstetrical nurse experience. With a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Indiana University, she is also a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives and the National Association of Childbearing Centers. She had worked at Indiana Hospital, Brookville Hospital and most recently at Nason Hospital in Roaring Springs. Tina was a 1978 graduate of Blairsville High School where she excelled in basketball and volleyball. She attended Mt. Aloysius College and was a graduate of IUP School of Nursing. It was very important to Bettina to maintain her relationships with all of her patients and watch their families grow. She had attended the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church of Blairsville. She enjoyed gardening and traveling. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her son, Elliot. Maureen Ann May, CNM, PhD of Albuquerque died unexpectedly June 18 in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 65. Maureen was a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner graduating from the University of Rochester and Nurse-Midwife graduating from Frontier Nursing University. From her early years, when she helped to organize a rape crisis center in Michigan to the end of her life, she advocated for the health and safety of women and their children. While she loved clinical practice, she had a burning desire to contribute to the scholarly work concerning women’s health and chose to continue her academic career in social science earning her PhD from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 2014. Earlier in 2017, Maureen published her first book, the culmination of life-long dedication to women and children, entitled Epiduralized Birth and Nurse Midwifery: Childbirth in
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