Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, is a distinguished professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. She also has a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine. Her bachelor of science degree in nursing is from Western Connecticut State University. She received her master's degree in maternal-newborn nursing from Yale University. Dr. Beck holds a certificate in nurse-midwifery, also from Yale University. Her doctor of nursing science degree is from Boston University. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and has recei...