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nurse-midwife

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[nurs-mid-wahyf] / ˈnɜrsˈmɪdˌwaɪf /

noun

nurse-midwives plural
  1. a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.


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For several weeks a year, the work of nurse-midwife Karen Sheffield-Abdullah is really detective work.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 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

Horvath, a physician, and Morgan Nuzzo, a certified nurse-midwife, are scrambling to amass secondhand medical equipment, raise money, hire staff and complete renovations in preparation to open a clinic in College Park, Md.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

“I don’t think that any state level regulation is going to stop Dr. Gomperts from what she’s doing,” said Christie Pitney, a California nurse-midwife who is Aid Access’ provider for that state and Massachusetts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021

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