nurse-midwife
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“We’re seeing more pregnant women detained again after not seeing much of that, at least not in ICE detention,” said Amanda Heffernan, a longtime nurse-midwife and professor of midwifery at Seattle University.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025
“It’s kind of a perfect storm of opportunities,” said Eagen-Torkko, longtime nurse-midwife and UW Bothell’s director of nursing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The legislation defines a health-care provider as “a physician, certified nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
The clinic partners with doctors at a nearby hospital and employs a nurse-midwife, Audreanna Lewis-Sholes, who provides routine obstetrics and gynecology care.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Tiffany Lundeen, a certified nurse-midwife who works in Contra Costa County, said that during her graduate school training at Yale University, “there were no opportunities for me to be trained in abortion care.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
In California, this includes licensed nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants with “the proper training,” according to Planned Parenthood.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
The recommendations included easing the competency requirements for nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physicians in order for them to perform aspiration abortions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Johnson notes that 97 percent of certified nurse-midwives, who typically hold master’s degrees, work in hospitals.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2013
They don't go to nursing school, and they don't practice under the supervision of physicians like nurse-midwives do here.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2012
When I was about ready to graduate, a list of Appalachian communities asking for nurse-midwives was posted on the student bulletin board.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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