Chief Clinical Consultant for
Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Ms. Ursula Knoki-Wilson, RN, CNM, MSN is the Director of Nurse-Midwifery Service at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility and the Indian Health Service(IHS) Chief Clinical Consultant for Advance Practice Nursing. She also serves as a Community Liaison to assist the Chinle Service Unit Health Advisory Board with their health planning activities.

Ursula is a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) and serves as President of the Four Corners State Chapter of ACNM. Other professional membership includes Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, New Mexico Indian Nurses' Association, the American Public Health Association and the IHS National Council of Nursing.

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More about Ursula Knoki-Wilson, CNM

Following the attainment of her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado, Ms. Knoki-Wilson received her Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

She is a member of the Navajo Nation and was born in Farmington, New Mexico. She began her IHS career in 1970. Over the years, she has held positions in Public Health Nursing, in Pediatric Outpatient Nursing, as a Staff Nurse Midwife and as Supervisory Nurse Midwife. She also served as Dean of an Associate Degree Nursing Program at the formerly Navajo Community College, now Dine College as well as an assistant professorship in the School of Nursing at Northern Arizona University. She has served as adjunct faculty and/or consultant to Schools of Nursing at University of New Mexico, University of Utah, Arizona State University, University of Colorado and Georgetown University. She has lectured nationally on integrating cultural aspects of care to Navajo and Native American patients.

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