Job Description
Certified Midwife (CM): Have a health-related background (physician assistant, etc.), but are not registered nurses. Licensed to practice in just a few states.
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM): Registered nurses who graduated from an accredited nurse-midwifery program.
Direct-Entry Midwife (DEM): Received a midwifery education, but earned a bachelor's degree in a non-related field.
On the job, nurse midwives:
Stay by a soon-to-be-mother's side through the labor and childbirth process
Look for complications or situations where a medical doctor is required
Educate women on birth options and their unique health issues
Prepare a mother for what's to come during labor, childbirth and postpartum
Teach a mother how to breastfeed and care for their infant
Job Specification
Certified Midwife (CM): Have a health-related background (physician assistant, etc.), but are not registered nurses. Licensed to practice in just a few states.
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM): Registered nurses who graduated from an accredited nurse-midwifery program.
Direct-Entry Midwife (DEM): Received a midwifery education, but earned a bachelor's degree in a non-related field.
On the job, nurse midwives:
Stay by a soon-to-be-mother's side through the labor and childbirth process
Look for complications or situations where a medical doctor is required
Educate women on birth options and their unique health issues
Prepare a mother for what's to come during labor, childbirth and postpartum
Teach a mother how to breastfeed and care for their infant