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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]
A direct-entry midwife is a midwife who has become credentialed without first becoming a nurse. There are direct-entry midwifery programs that prepare students to become Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) or Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). [1] [2] Certified Professional Midwives are known for being "more natural and less intervention ...
Elizabeth Davis is an author, women's health care specialist, educator, consultant, and Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). [1] [2] [3] She is a resident of Sebastopol, California and a mother of three children. [4] Since 1977, Davis has pioneered a professional path for midwives in the United States while educating women around the world. [4]
IU Health midwives, including the newest team of midwives at IU Health Ball, are experts in women’s health. Our midwives provide individualized care through all stages of a woman’s life.
Sunnyside High School grad Mariela Lozano Bustos wants to make “the biggest impact in my community” by going into the medical field. Her goal is to become a family pediatrician.
California lawmakers have passed legislation requiring free condoms in high schools, gender-neutral bathrooms in all schools and an end to some types of suspensions.
US Navy CNM checks on a mother. In the United States, a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is a nurse midwife who exceeds the International Confederation of Midwives' essential competencies for a midwife and is also an advanced practice registered nurse, having completed registered nursing and midwifery education leading to practice as a nurse midwife and credentialing as a Certified Nurse-Midwife.
The Midwifery Clinic encouraged prenatal care for its patients, who averaged 7.7 prenatal visits from 1933 to 1952. In incidents of complications, midwives at the Clinic would also refer patients to the care of a physician. These efforts certainly contributed to the low maternal mortality rate at the MCA.