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Karen Renee Nguyen, Certified Nurse Midwife

When I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a nurse.

I volunteered as a Candy Striper for years, and I was always happy when I got

to be on the Maternity Ward.  I loved seeing mothers with their round bellies

and all the little babies.  Years later I would go to college to become a nurse.

I loved working as a Registered Nurse. 

I have worked in HIV/AIDS care, in the Newborn Nursery, in the Neonatal ICU, on Labor and Delivery, and I have practiced as a Breastfeeding Consultant. Seeing my passion for mothers and babies I was encouraged by my husband to go to Nurse Midwifery School.

I am a 1999 graduate from the first class of Nurse Midwifery students from Shenandoah University and began Midwifery work in December of that year.

For 25 years I have served the Winchester Community as a CNM in a variety of offices-

always looking for the right fit for my clients and for my own life with my own family.

I have delivered babies at home and at Winchester Medical Center- delivering over 3000 babies.

I have cared for Low-risk and High-risk pregnancies, and have provided

Women's Healthcare across the lifespan to so many wonderful women of this little community.

I have learned so much about women and their babies over the years from other midwives, doctors, and nurses.

But most of all,  I learned from actively listening to women.


At this stage of my life, I am bringing together all of my experiences to create a change in 

how women receive Maternity and Women's Healthcare. 

Midwifery care truly allows intimacy with women and makes a difference in so many ways. 

Your visits should be meaningful and engaging each and every time.

These are precious moments.


In my personal time, I am a wife (to my husband Khanh), a mother to my three grown children and their loved ones,

a "Mimi" to eight grandchildren (and counting), and a daughter to two amazingly supportive parents.

I enjoy baking, singing, hiking & biking with my husband, traveling (especially to Vietnam), seeking beautiful and simple moments with my family,  and being actively involved in my faith community at Bethel Lutheran Church Winchester.​

Credentials

Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)- 1992
Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN)- 1999
Concentration in Nurse Midwifery

Shenandoah University


Board Certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board to practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife since 1999

 

Licensed by the state of Virginia Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse


Licensed by the state of Virginia Joint Board of Nursing & Medicine as an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in Nurse Midwifery


Member of the American College of Nurse Midwives

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