A main concern is that the new classification of legal midwifery, the Certified Professional Midwife, requires far less education and clinical training than a Certified Nurse Midwife, which requires a ...

All midwives deliver babies, but not all midwives are the same -- which has caused a heated debate in Illinois over their licensing, regulation, and what they call themselves. ``It's a very ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing's planned nurse-midwifery program, the first of its kind ...

Our nurse-midwifery program's goal is a minimum 90% certification rate on the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) exam within 12 months of graduation. We prepare each of our graduates for ...

The California Health Care Foundation reports that in 2023, there were 30 practicing midwives per 10,000 births statewide.

A midwife was stunned to discover she is training a new student nurse who she delivered at the hospital where they now work 20 years ago. Tracy Jones has delivered hundreds of babies over the last ...

Audrey Trepiccione is a Certified Professional Midwife, a specialist in delivering babies for women at their homes. But Trepiccione could incur a Class 1 misdemeanor if she is found to be practicing ...

Legislation passed in 2017 in South Dakota opened the door to licensing of a new classification of “professional midwives,” who can become certified to perform home births with far less training and ...