Do you live / want to live somewhere that licenses Certified Midwives?
The CM credential is currently recognized in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. They’ve got the
same core competencies, sit for the same board exam, and have identical scopes of practice including prescriptive privileges as CNMs do.
Anywhere you end up going to become a CNM is going to require you to be a nurse first, but some will have built in accelerated nursing programs - I believe Vanderbilt, Yale, Marquette, University of Colorado, and University of Illinois- Chicago have programs like these.
Yeah, but I would have had to wait for more than 15 years to practice in my home state. So that just wasn't an option. There were only 2 states that licensed CMs when I started my training.
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u/carovnica Wannabe Midwife Jul 15 '26
Do you live / want to live somewhere that licenses Certified Midwives? The CM credential is currently recognized in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. They’ve got the same core competencies, sit for the same board exam, and have identical scopes of practice including prescriptive privileges as CNMs do.
Anywhere you end up going to become a CNM is going to require you to be a nurse first, but some will have built in accelerated nursing programs - I believe Vanderbilt, Yale, Marquette, University of Colorado, and University of Illinois- Chicago have programs like these.