Background
Ernst, Eunice Katherine Macdonald was born on July 21, 1926 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Dan and Esther Catherine (Deverezux) MacDonald.
Ernst, Eunice Katherine Macdonald was born on July 21, 1926 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Dan and Esther Catherine (Deverezux) MacDonald.
Diploma in nursing, Waltham Hospital, 1947. Certified nurse-midwifery, Frontier School Midwifery, 1951. Bachelor of Science in Education magna cum laude, Hunter College, 1957.
Master in Public Health, Columbia University, 1959.
Staff nurse, Waltham (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1947-1949;
staff nurse, counseling, University of Chicago Clinics, 1949-1950;
district public health nurse-midwife, Frontier Nursing Svc., Wendover, Kentucky, 1951-1957;
staff nurse-midwife, Maternity Center Association, New York City, 1954-1958;
assistant professor department nursing, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1961;
private practice, Philadelphia, 1962-1970;
member maternity care team, Salvation Army Booth Maternity Center, Philadelphia, 1971-1976;
consultant, faculty community-based nurse-midwifery education program, McTammany Nurse-Midwifery Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1976-1980;
director, Coorperative Birth Center Network, 1981-1983;
director, National Association Childbearing Centers, 1983-1993;
assistant dean, Frontier School Midwifery and Family Nursing, 1988-1991;
faculaty Frances Payne Bolton School Nursing, Case Western Reserve U., Cincinnati, since 1989;
Mary Breckinridge chair of midwifery, Case Western Reserve U., since 1991. Member technical advising committee on perinatal health Pennsylvania Department Health, member task force on midwifery and out-of-hospital birth, member governor advisory board on maternal and child health, 1984-1986. Member commission on family centered maternity care Commonwealth Committee on Childhood Development.
Chair commission on alternatives in maternity care APHA, 1983-1992. Consultant International Childbirth Education Association, since 1979, Cesarean Prevention Association, since 1989, Florida Midwifery Resource Center, since 1992. Presenter in field.
Member professional advisory board Fathers and Mothers Learning through Education and Experience, Telford, Pennsylvania, 1965-1970, Upper Perkiomen Valley Visiting Nursing Association, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1979-1983. Chair Concerned Residents of Upper Frederick, 1968-1974. Chair North Metro Area Wide Committee Greater Delaware Valley Regional Medical Programs, 1974-1975, vice chairman, 1974-1975, member, 1972-1976.
Board directors Upper Perkiomen Valley Visiting Nurse Service, 1975-1979, Nurse-Midwifey Birth Center, Wilmington, Delaware, 1982-1984, Maternal and Family Affairs, Philadelphia, 1985-1988. Board advisor McTammany Nurse-Midwifery Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1978-1982, Fellow American College Nurse-Midwives (president 1961-1963, chair public relations 1963, executive secretary foundation 1969-1974, vice president 1981-1983, chair commission on nurse-midwifery education 1992, Hattie Hemschemeyer award 1988).
Married Albert T. Ernst, September 9, 1961. Children: Rosemary, Albert Junior, Katherine Esther.