WASHINGTON, DC (March 8, 2016) -- States that allow autonomous practice by certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) have a higher proportion of CNM-attended births as well as lower rates of cesarean sections, ...

North Carolina’s high rate of combined fetal and neonatal mortality rank it in the bottom sixth of the nation. The state is also one of only 11 in the country where the practice of midwifery outside ...

As National Midwifery Week is celebrated across the country from October 5–11, 2025, the (CAPNI) is shining a light on the essential ...

Clinical midwifery is a specialised, evidence‐informed practice that provides comprehensive care to women throughout pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period. This field has evolved from rigid, ...

That’s how one Auckland woman describes her experience of childbirth in the 1970s. That all changed 30 years ago with the passage of the Nurses Amendment Act 1990, providing statutory recognition for ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(1):3-7. It was not until the revitalization of midwifery programs as a nurse-midwifery specialty in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s that midwifery began to develop a ...