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Midwifery was first regulated in 1868. Today midwives in Japan are regulated under the Act on Public Health Nurse, Midwife and Nurse (No. 203) established in 1948. Japanese midwives must pass a national certification exam. On 1 March 2003 the Japanese name of midwife officially converted to a gender neutral name.
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]
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]
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.
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1885 – The first nurse training institute is established in Japan, thanks to the pioneering work of Linda Richards. [26] 1886 – The first regular training school in India is established in Bombay, with funds provided by the governor general. [28]: 144 1886 – The Nightingale, the first American nursing journal, is published. [29]
Mrs. Smith was licensed to practice midwifery by the state in the late 1940s, after Alabama began to regulate lay midwives. [18] At the time, becoming a registered midwife in Smith's home of Greene County, Alabama required either a state-run month-long lay midwifery training course or a nurse-midwifery education that could take several years. [18]
A nurse since 1981, Dana Humes Goff and others fought for change in labor and delivery practices in central Illinois.