Breadcrumb Home Maternal screening lags in Iowa as newborn screens continue to save lives Friday, October 4, 2013 WWSB-TV7 http://thegazette.com/2013/10/04/maternal-screening-lags-in-iowa-as-newborn-scr… Sandra Daack-Hirsch, a clinical nurse specialist and assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Nursing, has made it her mission to find out why fewer women are participating in pre-natal screening.