She initiated her healthcare career as a Labor and Delivery nurse in 1996. In 2005, she graduated in Nurse Midwifery from Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. Ms. DeCoursey also earned a Masters in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University. She joined West Jefferson Medical Center in 2008 and offers full scope midwifery care. She also serves gynecological patients for annual wellness visits, birth control counseling, birth control maintenance, and minor gynecological problems. Ms. DeCoursey is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. Ms. DeCoursey instructs nursing and nurse-practitioner students from several local Universities, and is an Adjunct Instructor in the Nurse-Midwifery program at Georgetown University Medical Center.