Certified Nurse Midwives

Sharon Hammond

Sharon Hammond, CNM, ARNP. Sharon has been involved with the care of women and families since 1976. She has worked as an obstetrical nurse, Lamaze instructor, and speaker/lecturer on Women’s Health issues. She graduated from the Community Based Nurse-midwifery Education Program and Case Western Reserve University with a Master’s Degree in Nursing in 1995. Sharon believes that birth is a peak event in a family’s life, and that it is an honor to share in this time. She has had the pleasure of caring for adolescent and mature women alike, and feels all women are empowered by information regarding their health, and emotional support during their life changes.

Michele Jackson

Michele Jackson, CNM, ARNP joined the Center for Women’s Health at Evergreen in March of 2004, after completing her Master’s Degree in Nursing at the University of Stony Brook in New York and receiving her certification from the American College of Nurse Midwives. She has been a labor and delivery nurse since 1994.

Michele strives to develop a caring and personal relationship while providing care for women through their life cycle. Her goal is to create an environment in which women are educated and encouraged to make their own health care decisions. She feels that labor and birth should be a positive enlightening experience for both the parents and the entire family unit.

Debra Monson

Debra Monson, CNM, ARNP, joined the Center for Women's Health in the fall of 1996. She has been an obstetrical nurse since 1974 and a nurse-midwife since 1987 after receiving her Master's Degree in Nursing. She has practiced in Minnesota for most of her career where she delivered many babies in a rapidly growing practice. She strives to find out the type of birth experience that a client wants and provides that whenever possible.

Janice Smith

Janice Smith, CNM, ARNP, is a certified nurse-midwife. She received a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and immunology from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Science from the University of Michigan. Janice returned to school to become a midwife, having been born at home herself with an obstetrician and lay midwife in attendance. Janice has worked as a labor and delivery nurse in Toronto, Canada, and Jackson, Michigan, and as a certified nurse-midwife in Denver, Colorado. Janice has contributed to publications in Nature Immunology and the Journal of Biological Chemistry and co-authored a recent article in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health.