Midwifery & Women''s Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide

About Beth M. KelseyJamille Nagtalon-Ramos

Dr. Kelsey is a nationally certified Women''s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP). She holds master''s degrees in both nursing and adult and community education. She received her doctoral degree in 2005 with a major in adult higher and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Kelsey''s clinical practice has been in a variety of health clinics providing well woman care family planning services sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and treatment and prenatal care. Dr. Kelsey is an Assistant Professor at Ball State University School of Nursing. She teaches advanced practice role and primary care of women in the family nurse practitioner track of the master''s program. She has been the recipient of three School of Nursing Outstanding Teacher Awards the Beta Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Excellence in Nursing Education Award and the Ball State University Outstanding Nursing Alumnus Award. She has presented nationally on a variety of women''s health topics including lab and diagnostic test interpretation in women''s health contraception health screening recommendations for women and writing for publication. She has also published articles on a variety of women''s health issues and on professional development for WHNPs. In her role as Director of Publications for NPWH she led the writing of the 8th edition of the WHNP Guidelines for Practice and Education (2020). She also leads the writing of NPWH position statements and white papers. Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos MSN WHNP-BC IBCLC - Associate Professor Rutgers University Camden NJ; Women''s Health Nurse Practitioner Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Penn Medicine Philadelphia PA; Secretary Board of Directors Executive Committee National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women''s Health Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos EdD WHNP-BC IBCLC FAANP has been a board certified Women''s Health Nurse Practitioner for 11 years. She obtained her bachelor''s degree from Rutgers University College of Nursing and holds a master''s degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in obstetrics and gynecology. Upon graduation she helped develop the first obstetric nurse practitioner hospitalist position for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In this role which she still currently holds she has provided care for women in several different areas including high-risk antepartum and postpartum and is involved in nursing and resident education. Mrs. Nagtalon-Ramos is Assistant Professor at Rutgers University and a Senior Lecturer at Penn Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Philadelphia. For the past 9 years Mrs. Nagtalon-Ramos has a cadre of teaching experience in both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs including clinical instruction in obstetric ultrasound and for the maternal-child rotation and didactic teaching in physical assessment well-woman/gynecology antepartum integration/advance practice role and fetal evaluation courses. Mrs. Nagtalon-Ramos has presented locally nationally and internationally on a wide array of topics that are primarily focused on women''s health including the advanced practice nursing role postpartum care infectious disease in pregnancy contraceptive counseling breastfeeding role of culture in providing obstetrical care and utilizing technology to improve clinical practice. Mrs. Nagtalon-Ramos serves as the Secretary for the Board of Directors Executive Committee for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women''s Health and has co-chaired the 2012 and 2013 annual conferences. In 2013 she earned 3rd place in the Child Health Category in the American Journal of Nursing''s Book of the Year Awards. In 2014 she was the recipient of the Philadelphia Tri-State Area GEM award in the Education and Mentorship category and the Rising Star award from Rutgers University School of Nursing. She is also the recipient of several awards from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing including the 2012 Recent Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence 2013 Department of Family and Community Health Teaching Excellence Award and the 2014 Dean''s Award for Excellence in Teaching.