Although nursing wasn't her first calling, Barrett had a head start in health care after helping her mother run a rural clinic in the Philippines.

The first of its kind in Nevada, the program allows students to earn their MSN while preparing them for licensure.

Students from across the country attended the weeklong program to learn more about what it's like working in the nursing field.

The UNLV professor, one of only 60 certified midwives in Nevada, explains the holistic approach to childbirth that nurse midwives bring to a medical setting.