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Certification of Nurse-Midwives Educated in Other Countries. Incorporating New Procedures into Nurse-Midwifery Practice. Peer Review. Data Describing Nurse-Midwives. Nurse-Midwifery Practice as Defined by the ACNM Core Competencies. An Expanding Scope of Practice. ACNM Support for Home Births. Exten...

Nurse-Midwifery Practice in Free-Standing Birth Centers. Nurse-Midwifery Services in Tertiary Academic Hospitals. Practice in Small Towns and Rural Areas. Nurse-Midwifery Services to Meet the Needs of Special Populations. Nurse-Midwifery in Health Maintenance Organizations. Home Births. Collaboratio...

The Mass Movement to Managed Care. Mutual Support, But Significant Disagreements with Nursing -- Ch. 9. Development of Direct-Entry Midwifery, 1980-1995. Legal Status. Summary of State Laws Affecting Direct-Entry Midwives. Laws That Require Three Years of Formal Midwifery Education. State Midwifery...

The Decision to Develop a National Certification Process. Job and Task Analysis and Development of a Manual Skills Exam. NARM's Certification Processes. Informal Educational Opportunities. Study Groups. Apprenticeships. Workshops, Conferences, and Seminars. Books and Other Learning Materials. School...

Use of Intuition and Other Subjective Knowledge. Christian Midwives. Controversy About the Need to Refer Women with Certain Complications. Medical Care for Women and Newborns with Serious Complications. Recruitment, Selection, and Retention. What Kinds of Women Apply to Direct-Entry Midwifery School...

Effect of CNM Care on the Incidence of Low and Very Low Birth Weight. MD and RN Care During Labor and Delivery in Hospitals. Support for Women in Labor. Frequent Use of Technical Procedures and Obstetric Interventions. Induction of Labor. Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring. Epidural Anesthesia....

Summary. Nurturing and Protecting the Newborn and the Family. Breast-Feeding and the Importance of the Period Immediately After Birth. Rooming-In. Support During the First Few Weeks at Home. Contraception. Empowering Women -- Ch. 11. Safety of Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States. Why Do Wome...

Toronto, Ontario, 1983-1988. Vermont, 1989-1994. National Data for 1989. Data on the Safety of Births in Free-Standing Birth Centers. Data on the Safety of Out-of-Hospital Births Attended by Direct-Entry Midwives. Data on the Safety of Home Births Attended by CNMs. Mortality Rates as the Primary Mea...

Cost Savings from Nurse-Midwifery Care with In-Hospital Births. Cost Savings from Use of Birth Centers and Home Births. Providing Care to Underserved, Hard-to-Serve Women. Research on "Underserved," "Hard-to-Serve" Women. Summary -- Ch. 13. Midwifery in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ja...

A National System for Sorting Women by Risk Status. Home Nursing Assistance for Postpartum Mothers. Safe Home Births. A Limited Scope of Practice. Education. Practice Arrangements and Conditions. Great Britain: Demands for a New Approach to Maternity Care. "Changing Childbirth" - A Mandate to Improv...