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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Certified Nurse Midwives"”.
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Certified Nurse Midwives' Barriers Toward Sexual Health Screening Practices
… screening practices are limited to physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners. No research exists to describe sexual health screening practices of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs), a group of advanced practice registered nurses with specialized training in women’s health, including gynecologic …
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Accuracy In Reporting Of Kentucky Certified Nurse-Midwives As Attendants In Birth Registration Data
… and to demonstrate the legitimacy and value of Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) in maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, the validity of birth certificate data is questionable, in part because of the data collection process. This data is particularly crucial for midwife-attended births as the …
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A Comparison of Certified Nurse-Midwives in Two Locations: The Freestanding Birth Center and the Hospital
… insights garnered from the interviews imply that midwives have a common childbirth philosophy no matter what their work location and that the divergent practices in the hospital and the FSBC are therefore linked to the different work environments. The interviews also indicate that midwives share …
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"We Listen to Women": Exploring Midwifery in Virginia from Certified Nurse-Midwives and Certified Professional Midwives
… of this study were to explore the work of midwives and their experiences with the medical community, and to examine their goals and hopes for the profession of midwifery in Virginia. To facilitate this purpose, the guiding research questions included: What do midwives believe the role of a …
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Behaving Collaboratively and Getting Along: A Classical Grounded Theory of Certified Nurse Midwives Collaborating With Physicians in U.S. Hospitals
… grounded theory study that examines how certified nurse midwives perceive their collaborative role as they work with physicians in U.S. hospitals. The most common reason for hospitalization in the U.S. is birth and care of the newborn (Levit, Wier, Stranges, Ryan, & Elixhauser, 2009). …
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Reinterpreting Reproduction: An Ethnography Discourses, Ideologies, and Practices among Midwifery Participants In South Carolina
… is defined by medical definitions of risk and midwives must abide by medical policies and procedures in order to practice legally. It also means that midwives and their clients choose to or are pressed to incorporate medical technologies into midwifery.</p> <p>To answer these questions I …
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Ethical imperative to health and epistemological distance : rural patients and advanced practice registered nurses
… complex care that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) can provide. APRNs offer unique insights into the context of rural care. To explore these dynamics, this study uses a systematic literature review and analyses of semi-structured in-depth interviews. The literature review uses the …
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Birthing, Blackness, and the Body: Black Midwives and Experiential Continuities of Institutional Racism
… decade, historical and contemporary accounts of midwives, along with the efficacy of the Midwives Model of Care for pregnancy, childbirth and general women's health, have become increasing popular in mainstream publications and documentaries. Yet, very few of these accounts represent historical …
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Three Essays on Health and Labor Economics
… in the strictness of Scope-of-Practice laws for Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs). Half of all states have relaxed their SOP laws to allow CNMs to practice and prescribe independently of a physician. I estimate the effect of granting CNMs full independence on hospital facility costs using …