Lucia Jenkusky
Dr. Lucia Jenkusky joined the College of Nursing in 2012. She teaches in the Midwifery and Women's Health graduate program.
Education
Dr. Jenkusky earned her BSN from The Ohio State University and her MS in Midwifery from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Clinical Interests
Adolescent Pregnancy Care & Pregnancy Prevention, Centering Pregnancy, Infant Mortality Reduction
Clinical Practice
Dr. Jenkusky has 15 years of midwifery experience. She was the co-founder and owner of Birth and Beyond Midwifery Practice in Oneonta, NY before returning to Ohio.
Dr. Jenkusky was the first midwife at Nationwide Children's Hospital and facilitated the first Centering Pregnancy group in the Teen and Pregnant Program. She is the Director of Midwifery Services and practicing Certified Nurse Midwife at Nationwide Children's Hospital in the Teen and Pregnant Program.
Professional Service/Membership
Dr. Jenkusky is a member of The American College of Nurse-Midwives and serves as the Secretary of the Southern Ohio Chapter of The American College of Nurse Midwives. She is also a member of the Council for Ohio Health Care Advocacy.
Volunteer Service
Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Human Trafficking Hotline Volunteer, Olentangy Friends of Football Fundraising Committee
News
College ranks #12 overall and #1 among Big Ten and Ohio colleges of nursing
New rankings measuring National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding among colleges of nursing nationwide show that The Ohio State University College of Nursing maintained its strong national standing and leadership in nursing research.
Finding suggests need for education about tech's reliability
The use of fertility-tracking technology increased in some states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade despite warnings that reproduction-related data might not be secure, a new study has found.
