Michelle Lenington:  

of Science in Nursing What the heck is a few more years!! University of Florida: 2005 Certificate in Midwifery/advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Spent 27 years as a L/D nurse---how hard can the program be? Whatever was I thinking....this stuff was hard to learn! My desire is to never enter a classroom as a student again.....well for awhile anyway. I can't see myself as a PhD. Workplace The stories I could tell as a labor & delivery nurse!! I started as a staff nurse in a small hospital in Maine. We were transferred to Florida and I worked as a L/D nurse in a moderate size community hospital. I helped create the sibling preparation class that continues to this day. We were then transferred back to Maine; I picked up my old L/D job but became the charge relief nurse. I also coordinated the Childbirth preparation classes We transferred back to Florida for the last time. I once again picked up my old job once again. I was a charge nurse until I left for a new career. I also served as the Pregnancy Loss Bereavement Coordinator and created patient and staff education materials. I wrote a storybook for children about the loss of a pregnancy. I worked at this hospital for 21 and a half years. It was difficult to leave. I now work with a large private OB/GYN practice providing women's health care, ob care and delivering babies. I deliver at the very hospital I worked at as a L/D nurse. I have my own patient load and enjoy what I do. Now I get paid to deliver babies, I wonder how many I delivered before this when the doctor didn't make it in time? Military The only military connection I have is a military wife. Scott and I married in 1977 and I followed him where ever the Navy sent him. The Navy was good to us and we only had 2 (5 month) deployments away from each other.