New nurse midwife joins hospital clinics and Birthing Center team
New nurse midwife and nurse practitioner at VMH ... Veterans Memorial Hospital welcomes Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, to its health care team serving clinic patients in both the Waukon and Postville Clinic locations, as well as assisting in births in the hospital’s birthing center. Maker has over 30 years of experience as a nurse midwife and has assisted in nearly 2,000 deliveries and is also proficient in water births. In addition, she will be offering well-child visits and well-woman visits, as well as primary care and annual Medicare physicals, plus caring for behavioral health patients with anxiety and depression. She will also have same-day appointments available for all acute patients, both male and female. Submitted photo.
Veterans Memorial Hospital welcomes Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, to its health care team serving clinic patients in both the Waukon and Postville Clinic locations, as well as assisting in births in the hospital’s birthing center.
Maker has over 30 years of experience as a nurse midwife and has assisted in nearly 2,000 deliveries. She will continue to add to that number, assisting moms with their baby’s birth in the Veterans Memorial Hospital Birthing Center. Maker is also proficient in water births.
“I am happy to be bringing my experience here, to work at Veterans Memorial Hospital and back in rural Iowa,” says Maker. “I have always preferred the rural practice where families have access to quality care and do not have to travel to have their babies. We are the only hospital in the region that offers water birth and I enjoy those very much.”
In addition to being a full-scope nurse midwife, Maker is a Family Nurse Practitioner and will provide care to patients in both the Waukon and Postville clinic locations. She will be offering well-child visits and well-woman visits as well as primary care and annual Medicare physicals, plus caring for behavioral health patients with anxiety and depression. She will also have same-day appointments available for all acute patients, both male and female.
“I have worked with my colleagues here at VMH for many years and am confident with and trust all of them,” adds Maker. “We help support each family to have the birthing experience they want, keeping births in their community and as natural as they desire, making it a safe, satisfying birth experience. I am really happy to be here, back in a small town, creating close relationships with all parents so they can feel supported.”
To make an appointment with Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic-Waukon, call 563-568-5530, or in Postville call 563-864-7221. Interpretation services are readily available at either clinic.
