Chrys Collins, RN, MSN Ed, CRRN

About Chrys Collins, RN, MSN Ed, CRRN

Chrys Collins is the mother of 9 children here on earth. She loves to garden and homestead and has been a nurse since 1996. Chrys obtained her bachelor's degree in nursing science in 2011 and a master's degree in nursing education in 2020.

Chrys' experience includes adult ICU, NICU, rehab medicine, and hospice. Chrys has worked as an educator for two local universities and as a staff educator for Carilion clinic and is currently a medical ICU nurse at Carilion.

Chrys has worked with laboring women as a doula and birth coach since 1987 and was proud to be an early board member of New Life Birth Center for 3 years. In 2012 Chrys decided to leave the board to become a birth assistant and has remained in that role enjoying her greatest love- working with women in their childbearing years.

A Call to Make a Difference for Black Mothers: Part 4

July 28, 2022

Each woman had the support of people who advocated for her. To me it also seems that each woman was an active participant in her care giving her power and autonomy.

A Call to Make a Difference for Black Mothers: Part 3

July 28, 2022

In all transparency, in my mind I knew exactly how I was going to approach the interview process, and I knew exactly what I was going to write. Until the interviews.

A Call to Make a Difference for Black Mothers: Part 2

July 28, 2022

I have worked in healthcare for 25 years. I know my rights as a patient, and I am not a docile person. In my mind I wondered how many times this happened to other women. If I was treated that way and I worked in health care, what then of the women who didn’t?

A Call to Make a Difference for Black Mothers: Part 1

July 28, 2022

The midwifery model of care certainly offers a more rounded and whole approach to the needs and care of women in pregnancy. However, is it enough to address the gaps that exist in pregnancy outcomes related to ethnicity?