Nurse–Midwifery Care in an Academic Health Center

Midwifery Care Research: What Questions Are Being Asked? What Lessons Have Been Learned?

“…The 25 studies that focused on midwifery practice formed two distinct groups: surveys and practice descriptions (81‐105). CNM researchers provided leadership for most of these investigations: a CNM was lead author on 18 and a co‐author on five of these studies.…”

Evaluation of a reduced-frequency prenatal visit schedule for low-risk women at a free-standing birthing center

“…Women in this study received care from CNMs throughout their pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum and neonatal period. Studies have demonstrated that nurse‐midwives are effective caregivers in the prevention of low birthweight babies and premature births (18–30). These studies indicate favorable outcomes in infant birth weight, gestational age, Apgar scores, and perinatal mortality for patients managed by nurse‐midwives.…”

The Obstetrics Team: Midwives Teaching Residents and Medical Students on the Labor and Delivery Unit

“…Collaboration between midwives and obstetricians in teaching hospitals today is a continuation of the partnership between midwifery and academic medicine that has grown over the past 30 years. Early on, the relationship between midwives and obstetricians who practiced in these settings consisted primarily of separate midwifery services based in academic medical teaching centers 3–5 . Midwives practiced in hospitals and health centers where medical education was the focus of the obstetrician providers.…”

“…Early on, the relationship between midwives and obstetricians who practiced in these settings consisted primarily of separate midwifery services based in academic medical teaching centers. [3][4][5] Midwives practiced in hospitals and health centers where medical education was the focus of the obstetrician providers.…”