Merilynne Rush

Experience

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  New Moon Midwifery

  Sept 1993 - Sept 2007

  Midwife, Owner

  Full-time on-call primary direct-entry midwife providing prenatal, birth and postpartum care in the home. Highly individualized care, including family preparation, grief and loss counseling, appropriate medical care referral. Experience running all aspects of the business partnership, including phone triage, scheduling, bookkeeping, marketing, office and supplies management; trained 10 apprentice midwives. 400 home births as primary midwife.Certified Midwife through the Michigan Midwives Association Show less

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  Arbor Hospice

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  RN
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  Sefl-employed

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2010

  Health Care Volunteer, Student Travel Leader

  Regular volunteer at rural maternal health care site in Nicaragua, experienced group leader for introduction to health care in the developing world and social justice education, traveled all over Central America.

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  WomanSafeHealth

  Sept 2007 - Jun 2008

  Nurse, office manager

  Full-time Gyn Nurse, WomanSafeHealth, PC, Ann Arbor, MI; provided patient care, trained and supervised medical assistants, helped establish new private practice, including certifications and inspections (HIPAA, OSHA), designed electronic medical records, program development, wrote policies and procedures manual. This practice specialized in providing gynecological care to survivors of sexual abuse and trauma and those with disabilities.

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  Growing Hope

  Mar 2009 - Nov 2009

  Coordinator, Faith and Food Program

  Coordinated congregational gardens growing food for donation to local food banks and meal programs

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2010 - now

  Owner, Home Funeral Guide
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  After Death Home Care

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2020

  Owner

  Consultations, group presentations and workshops about home funeral and green burial. Respecting Choices® Advance Care Planning Facilitator. Monthly Death Cafe facilitator in Ann Arbor (see www.DeathCafe.com). Conference organizer, writer, education committee chair on the board of the Green Burial Council, past Secretary and membership chair of National Home Funeral Alliance.

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  The Dying Year

  Mar 2020 - now

  Owner at The Dying Year Consulting

  Mentoring, coaching and encouragement for new and experienced end-of-life doulas. Vast experience starting and operating a small, fee-for-service business. End-of-life doula training, Home Funeral Guidance, Advance Care Planning Family Facilitation.