About Us...

The Nurse’s Office was founded by Anne Hughes in May 2005 to provide professional health care in partnership with people seeking wellness. As professionals, we offer our knowledge of Western medicine, herbal medicine, hypnotherapy and calm birthing. Working from a nursing framework based in common sense and trust in the body’s innate capacity to heal, we can help you develop the skills, knowledge and self reliance to effectively manage health challenges and bring balance to your life.

Here are our stories...

Anne Hughes became a registered nurse in 1978. After two decades of nursing the sick, she attended Michigan State University, graduated with a Masters in Nursing and began working as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She treated minor illnesses and injuries, helped patients manage chronic diseases and provided regular checkups for children and adults. Though deeply rewarding, these years also taught her that the path to health does not lie wholly within our Western medical system. A growing awareness that each of us possesses healing power beyond our imagination led her to study hypnosis at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Corte Madera in Northern California. She became a certified hypnotherapist in the Spring of 2005. Her work as a family nurse practitioner has always included herbs and other natural approaches to healing. The connection to herbal medicine was made official in 2008 when she was granted certification as a Nurse Master Herbalist. Anne’s consultations at The Nurse’s Office integrate her knowledge of both the Western medical framework and herbalism. Her intuitive therapeutic presence helps gently guide you on your own best path to health.

Peg Dunn CNM MSN has been observing and participating in birth since 1978. Through the years, she has seen many changes in the care of pregnant and laboring women and their families. Peg’s epiphany came when she moved to Traverse City and worked side by side with a nurse-midwife. Her approach to birth changed as she watched families embrace the journey of childbirth. Peg has been a Registered Nurse in Obstetrics since 1978. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ferris State University in 1993. Peg earned her Midwifery Certificate from Frontier School of Midwifery in 1996 and her Master of Nursing from Case Western Reserve University in 1999. She recently attended a HypnoBirthing® seminar with the founder, Marie Mongan, M.Ed. M. Hy. Peg currently has her own nurse-midwifery practice in Traverse City. Her commitment is to families birthing in the hospital; offering and supporting their choices, being at their side, and celebrating birth.