Heather Reynolds, MSN, CNM, FACNM

Heather Reynolds

Lecturer in Nursing
Minority Student Coordinator

Yale School of Nursing - Room 31803

email: heather.reynolds@yale.edu
phone: 203-737-2370
fax: 203-785-6455

About

Heather Reynolds is a Lecturer in nursing in the Nurse-Midwifery Specialty program and the Minority Student Coordinator at Yale School of Nursing. She first entered Yale’s door as a nursing student with a degree from Boston University in psychology and a background in Child development and social work. She graduated with her Masters in Nursing from Yale in 1980. 

Heather started her career as a nurse educator when she joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Nurse-Midwifery Program in 1983. She returned to Yale in 1986. From 1988-2002 she served as director of the nurse-midwifery practice at Yale-New Haven.

In addition, she has carried the flag in matters of health service planning and policy development. She has served as a Nurse Consultant in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Nursing.

Her contribution and leadership has been recognized by many: she has received a Kellogg Foundation Student Fellowship, and was a Primary Care Policy Fellow of the U.S. Public Health Service. Her other awards include being a Yale School of Nursing Distinguished Alumna and she is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Nursing Educator Award, Southern CT Black Nurses Association, Inc., 2002, and The Ruth SteinKraus-Cohen Memorial-Outstanding Women of CT Award, 2003, Nightingale Award, So. Ct VNA, 2008, Stars Award, Yale New Haven Hospital, 2010 and the Clinical Expert Award,  CT Affiliate, ACNM, 2012.

Research Interests/Clinical Practice

Research Interests

Ms. Reynolds is a scholar and a frequent participant in forward-looking clinical research projects. She has studied and written about breastfeeding, midwifery service administration, group prenatal care, adolescent health care and adolescent risk reduction.  Her research interests also include adolescent health, primary health care health policy, health care delivery to underserved/underserved communities, and health care delivery to minority populations.

Clinical Practice

Prior to her retirement from clinical practice in 2016, Ms. Reynolds practiced at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) in the Women’s Center, and Inpatient Obstetrical Service, for over 30 years. She continues to work with health professions students in the Inter-disciplinary Longitudinal Clinical Education (ILCE) at YNHH at both the York Street and St. Raphael’s Campus.

Selected Publications/Presentations

Publications

Reynolds, H. D. (in press). Bleeding in pregnancy. In Alexander, Hood, Johnson, & Mallard (Eds.), Comprehensive Women’s Health Care. New York: Elsevier.

Moriarty Daley, A. L., Sadler, L. S. & Reynolds, H. D. (in press). Adolescent pregnancy. In Alexander, Hood, Johnson, & Mallard (Eds.), Comprehensive Women’s Health. Elsevier.

Kay, L., Reynolds, H. D. & Goff, M. F. (in press). Postpartum. In Alexander, Hood, Johnson, & Mallard (Eds.), Comprehensive Women’s Health. Elsevier.

Ickovics, J. R., Kershaw, T. S., Westdahl, C., Magriples, U., Massey, Z., Reynolds, H. D. & Rising, S. S. (2007). Group prenatal care and perinatal outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Obtetrics & Gynecology, 110, 330-339.

Reynolds, H. D. (2007). Public health and midwifery. In L. Ament (Ed.), Professional issues in midwifery. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Sadler, L. S., Chen, J. Y., Moriarty Daley, A. L., Leventhal, J. M. & Reynolds, H. D. (2006). Reproductive care and rates of pregnancy in teens with negative pregnancy test results. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 222-229.

Moriarty Daley, A. L., Sadler, L. S., Leventhal, J. M., Cromwell, P. F. & Reynolds, H. D. (2005). Negative pregnancy tests in urban adolescents: An important and often missed opportunity for clinicians. Pediatric Nursing, 31, 87-89.

Moriarty Daley, A. L., Sadler, L. S., Reynolds, H. D. & Leventhal, J. M. (2005). Teen C.A.R.E.: Comprehensive adolescent reproductive education manual. New Haven, CT: Yale University School of Nursing.

Reynolds, H. D. (2005). Contributions in practice: Context, in celebrating the contributions of academic midwifery: A symposium on the occasion of the retirement from the faculty of the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN), of Professor Helen Varney Burst. Yale University School of Nursing.

Drebitko, C., Sadler, L. S., Leventhal, J., Moriarty Daley, A. L. & Reynolds, H. D. (2005). Adolescent girls with negative pregnancy tests. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 18, 261-267.

Reynolds, H. D. (2004). Review of: Pregnancy and drug misuse. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 49(1), 63.

Sadler, L. S., Dynes, M., Daley, A. M., Ickovics, J. R., Leventhal, J. M. & Reynolds, H. D. (2004). Use of home pregnancy tests among adolescent women. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 29(1), 50-55.

Moriarty Daley, A. L., Sadler, L. S., Leventhal, J. M., Cromwell, P. & Reynolds, H. D. (2004). Clinicians’ views on reproductive needs and services for teens with negative pregnancy tests. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 9, 41-49.

Sadler, L. S., Dynes, M. W., Moriarty Daley, A. L., Ickovics, J. R., Leventhal, J. M. & Reynolds, H. D. (2004). Use of home pregnancy tests among adolescent women. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 29, 50-55.

Ickovics, J. R., Kershaw, T. S., Westdahl, C., Rising, S., Klima, C., Reynolds, H. D. & Magriples, U. (2003). Group prenatal care and preterm birth weight: Results from a matched cohort study at public clinics. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 102, 1051-1057.

Reynolds, H. D. (1998). Preconception care: An integral part of primary care for women. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 43, 445-458.