Julie Ann Vingers

Academics Faculty

Julie Ann Vingers

Email: j-vingers@bethel.edu

Job title

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Julie Ann has been working as a certified nurse-midwife, serving a diverse population of women, since 1995. Her dissertation research focused on lateral violence in nursing and nursing education. She has experience in nursing, specifically in mental health and maternal-child nursing. In 2022, she was named a fellow of the ACNM. Currently, she teaches in the M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery program and practices at Minnesota Women's Care. Her clinical interests include perinatal mental health, trauma-informed care, and antenatal care.

Started at Bethel

2011

Education

  • Bethel College - B.S. in Nursing, 1990
  • University of Illinois at Chicago - M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery, 1995
  • Capella University - Ph. D. in Nursing Education, 2013

Biography

Julie Ann has served as a nurse-midwife since 1995. In addition, she volunteers monthly at a crisis pregnancy center and practices at Minnesota Women's Care. She has previously served as a co-director for a busy practice and has been an educator since 2010. She also established the first certified nurse-midwife service for the University of Chicago hospitals. At Bethel, she was part of the development and launch of the M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery program and currently serves as the program director, teaching in the program.

Awards

2024 Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award - Voted by Nurse-midwifery students at Bethel  and awarded to the faculty who demonstrates excellence in teaching and midwifery. 

2022 ACNM Fellowship- Fellowship in the ACNM (FACNM) is an honor given to those midwives who through the body of their lifelong work have demonstrated leadership within the ACNM, clinical excellence, outstanding scholarship, and professional achievement.

2022 Excellence in Teaching - Nominations for this award comes from the students currently enrolled in the program and is given to one teacher from a pre/accredited ACNM program “who has shown outstanding qualities for teaching, who has inspired students to excel and who repeatedly promoted high standards of midwifery education”

Publications

Vingers, J. (2018). How gender affects experiences with bullying in prelicensure BSN programs: A pilot study. Nursing Education Perspectives. 39(4), 230-232. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000284.

Presentations

I Just Want to Learn! How Gender Impacts Perceptions of and Experiences with Bullying During BSN education. Nursing Forum, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Not Just the Blues: The Impact of Postpartum Depression on Families- Nursing Research and Practice Symposium, Bethel University

STD Seminar - This class is taught to homeless women on the types, symptoms and treatments of STD's through a non-profit organization called Starfish Foundation.

A Therapist's perspective for infertility – Guest lecturer, Bethel Seminary

HIV and the implications for the 1990's - lecture given for graduate students as they prepare to begin internships for graduation.

Preparing for Pregnancy Seminars - Weiss Memorial Hospital

What is a Nurse-Midwife - in-service given for both hospital employees and community groups

Right Start- Class offered for newly pregnant patients discussing general pregnancy information.

Certificates and licenses

Certified Nurse Midwife, CNM

Registered Nurse, Minnesota, RN

Advanced Practice Nurse, Minnesota, APRN

Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, FACNM

Professional organizations, committees, and boards

  • Admissions and Progressions, Member, 2014-2016
  • Nurse-Midwife Faculty Committee, Member, 2014-present
  • Information and Technology Committee, Member and Faculty Lead, 2012-2014
  • Nursing Research and Scholarship, Member, 2012-2014
  • Faculty and Student Welfare, Member, 2012-2013
  • Academic Quality Control (AQC) Member 2016-2018
  • Faculty Grant Committee Member 2016-2017
  • Promotions and Tenure Member 2018-2021, Vice Chair 2020-2021, 2024-2025
  • University Technology Advisory Committee Member 2016-present
  • Faculty Policy Recommendations Committee Member 2020-2021, 2023- present
  • Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Initial Tenure and Long-Term Clinical Contract Committee Member 2025-present
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Education – 2016-2023
    • The CEU committee reviews conference applications and assigns a number for CEUs for participants. 
    • The Division of Basic Competency is in charge of reviewing and revising the Core Competencies for Midwifery Education

Research interests

Antepartal care, trauma-informed care, and perinatal mood disorders

Teaching specialty

Nurse-Midwifery