Certified Nurse Midwife Jobs

The route in, and it decides where you can work. Certified nurse midwives come through nursing and are licensed in every state. Certified professional midwives come through a direct-entry route that skips the nursing license, are licensed in 37 states and mostly attend births outside a hospital. Certified midwives hold the same AMCB certification and the same scope as a nurse-midwife without the nursing degree, and are authorized in 13 states and the District of Columbia. That's why job postings for hospital labor and delivery ask for the nurse-midwife credential specifically.

No, and most of the caseload isn't a birth at all. Full-scope practice covers well-woman care, contraception, screening, pregnancy and postpartum, so a midwife's clinic day looks much like a primary care one. Some postings are clinic-only with no call attached, which suits people who want the scope without the nights.

Mostly hospitals: 94% of midwife-attended births in the United States happen in one. Freestanding birth centers and home practice exist and are much smaller, and they change the job substantially: no anesthesia down the corridor, transfer agreements that matter, and call that belongs to you instead of a team.