Maternal & Child Nursing Care

About Jane BallKay CowenMarcia LondonMichele DavidsonPatricia LadewigRuth Bindler

Marcia L. London received her BSN and School Nurse Certificate from Plattsburgh State University in Plattsburgh New York and her MSN in pediatrics as a clinical nurse specialist from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. She worked as a pediatric nurse and began her teaching career at Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital Affiliate Program. Mrs. London began teaching at Beth-El School of Nursing and Health Science in 1974 (now part of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs) after opening the first intensive care nursery at Memorial Hospital of Colorado Springs. She has served in many faculty positions at Beth-El including assistant director of the School of Nursing. Mrs. London obtained her postmasters Neonatal Nurse Practitioner certificate in 1983 and subsequently developed the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) certificate and the masters NNP program at Beth-El. She is active nationally in neonatal nursing and was involved in the development of National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner educational program guidelines. Mrs. London pursued her interest in college student learning by taking doctoral classes in higher education administration and adult learning at the University of Denver in Colorado. She feels fortunate to be involved in the education of her future colleagues and teaches undergraduate education. Mrs. London and her husband David enjoy reading travel and hockey games. They have two sons: Craig who lives in Florida with his wife Jennifer and daughter Hannah works with Internet companies; and Matthew who works in computer teleresearch. Both are more than willing to give Mom helpful hints about computers. Patricia A. Wieland Ladewig received her BS from the College of Saint Teresa in Winona Minnesota; her MSN from Catholic University of America in Washington DC; and her PhD in higher education administration from the University of Denver in Colorado. She served as an Air Force nurse and discovered her passion for teaching as a faculty member at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Over the years she has taught at several schools of nursing. In addition she became a womens health nurse practitioner and maintained a part-time clinical practice for many years. In 1988 Dr. Ladewig became the first director of the nursing program at Regis College in Denver. In 1991 when the college became Regis University she became academic dean of the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions. Under her guidance the School of Nursing added a graduate program. In addition the college added a School of Physical Therapy and a School of Pharmacy. In 2009 Dr. Ladewig became Vice President for Academic Affairs and in 2012 she became Provost at Regis University. She and her husband Tim enjoy skiing baseball games and traveling. However their greatest pleasure comes from their family: son Ryan and grandchildren Reed and Addison Grace; and son Erik his wife Kedri and grandchildren Emma and Camden. Michele R. Davidson completed her ADN degree from Marymount University in Arlington Virginia. She has worked in multiple womens health specialty areas including postpartum newborn nursery high-risk nursery labor and delivery reproductive endocrinology gynecology medical-surgical and oncology units as a registered nurse while obtaining a BSN from George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Dr. Davidson earned her MSN and a nurse-midwifery certificate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio and continued to work as a full-scope nurse-midwife for 16 years. She has delivered over 1000 babies during her career as a nurse-midwife. She completed her PhD in nursing administration and healthcare policy at George Mason University (GMU) and began teaching at GMU in 1999 while continuing in her role a