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What is a CNM (and what does it mean for your health)?
Paul Steiner • March 26, 2019
Certified Nurse MidWife and Women's Health
by LINDSAY LEIDER, CNM, APRN
Certified Nurse Midwife & Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Many people associate a "midwife" as a professionally trained healthcare provider there to help women with labor, delivery and birth. Certified Nurse Midwifes (CNMs) are nurse practitioners with graduate education in midwifery. They have graduated from a nurse-midwifery education program which includes a university degree as well as hands-on clinical training by practicing CNMs.
CNMs effectively merge the midwifery and medical models by drawing from the art of midwifery, while remaining firmly planted in the contemporary evidence-based practice of maternity and women's care.
How does this benefit your health and wellbeing?
At the Women's Wellness Center, CNMs provide a variety of general women's care designed to help better serve our patients. These services include general health check-ups and physical exams; pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care; well woman gynecologic care; and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.
CNMs are able to prescribe a full range of substances, medications, and treatments, including pain control medications. CNMs work in many different settings, such as hospitals, health centers, private practices, birth centers, and homes. Most midwives in the United States are CNMs.
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