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Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), [1] in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. [2]
Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom (June 12, 1879 – March 20, 1960) was an American nurse and midwife reformer. [1] [2] In 1913, she became the first American nurse to become a licensed midwife. She made pioneering contributions in preventing childhood blindness. [3]
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A midwife (pl.: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery.. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; concentrating on being experts in what is normal and identifying conditions that need further evaluation.
Midwifery and obstetrics are different but overlap in medical practice that focuses on pregnancy and labor. Midwifery emphasizes the normality of pregnancy along with the reproductive process. Classical Antiquity saw the beginning of attempts to classify various areas of medical research, and the terms gynecology and obstetrics came into use.
A Certified Midwife (CM) is a midwife certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). The CM role was created in 1997 in order to expand routes of entry to midwifery education. The CM program includes identical content in midwifery and women's health as the CNM program, but does not require a nursing degree. [6]
Dana Humes Goff, Peoria's first certified nurse-midwife, is retiring after 42 years. She retired from the delivery room in 2016 and has been working since then with Dr. Michele Couri on ...
In 1756 he was appointed Professor of Midwifery at the university. Neither of the first two incumbents of the chair, Joseph Gibson and Robert Smith, had given lectures, making Young the first to deliver obstetrics lectures in Edinburgh. [5] His course consisted of some 50 lectures and copies of notes of these made by students survive. [6]