Born and raised in Wyoming, I grew up and graduated high school in Riverton. I met my husband, Chad Rose, in the Western Thunder Marching Band at the University of Wyoming. It was love at first sight in those marching band uniforms, and we’re still a team 25 years and 3 kids later. Our daughter Chloe is 15, our son Marshall is 12, and our youngest son, Maverick, is 10. My husband still does marching band, as well as all other things amazingly musical, as the band teacher at Sheridan High School.
My nursing career started in Sheridan, actually, when we moved here in the early 2000’s and I couldn’t find a job as a chemist. After a short stint at Walmart, where my frustration at having multiple degrees and not being able to use them reached a peak, I decided I was never going to be unemployable again and graduated from the Sheridan College Nursing program in 2006. The journey may have begun as just wanting a job, but my calling was discovered in nursing and healthcare.
Introducing Jennifer Rose
We moved around Wyoming and I worked in several hospitals and in a few schools. My passion for access to care was cultivated on the Wind River Indian Reservation as the school nurse for the Arapahoe K-12 schools. My concern for the state of women’s healthcare in Western medicine grew as an OB nurse and I became a Certified Nurse Midwife in order to be the change I wanted to see.
Now this path has led me to Reproductive Healthcare of the Big Horns, and I am so excited to continue the journey. The mission of RHBH fits hand in hand with my philosophy of care; patient autonomy, informed consent, and access to quality care for everyone.
Thank you for this opportunity and I look forward to being a part of this organization and all it has to offer the community of Sheridan.