Comments on: CNMs, CPMs and DEMs…Oh My! http://chicagodoula.net/blog/2010/01/26/cnms-cpms-and-dems-oh-my/ Doula Care, Birth Classes & Community Service in Chicago Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rachel Dolan Wickersham http://chicagodoula.net/blog/2010/01/26/cnms-cpms-and-dems-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-10928 Rachel Dolan Wickersham Wed, 04 May 2011 05:07:58 +0000 http://chicagodoula.net/?p=380#comment-10928 Hi Sam, Nursing is not really a requirement for midwifery and nurse-midwifery is something particular to the United States. In the majority of the world, midwives are not nurses. The ACMB (American Midwifery Certification Board) administers two different credentials, the CNM (certified nurse-midwife) and the CM (certified midwife). Certified midwives have the same midwifery education and training as CNMs and they sit the same national exam as CNMs, however they enter the program directly, without becoming nurses first. Where CNMs are legally recognized in all 50 states, CMs are only recognized in few - still less than 5 I believe. Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) also are not nurses, but they receive their credential from an entirely different organization - NARM (North American Registry of Midwives). CPMs are legally recognized (allowed to practice) in 27 states. CNMs and CMs work primarily in hospitals while almost all CPMs work in homes and birth centers. I hope this was clear. It's quite an alphabet soup! Hi Sam,

Nursing is not really a requirement for midwifery and nurse-midwifery is something particular to the United States. In the majority of the world, midwives are not nurses. The ACMB (American Midwifery Certification Board) administers two different credentials, the CNM (certified nurse-midwife) and the CM (certified midwife). Certified midwives have the same midwifery education and training as CNMs and they sit the same national exam as CNMs, however they enter the program directly, without becoming nurses first. Where CNMs are legally recognized in all 50 states, CMs are only recognized in few – still less than 5 I believe. Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) also are not nurses, but they receive their credential from an entirely different organization – NARM (North American Registry of Midwives). CPMs are legally recognized (allowed to practice) in 27 states. CNMs and CMs work primarily in hospitals while almost all CPMs work in homes and birth centers.
I hope this was clear. It’s quite an alphabet soup!

]]> By: Sam Orchard http://chicagodoula.net/blog/2010/01/26/cnms-cpms-and-dems-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-10753 Sam Orchard Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:57:58 +0000 http://chicagodoula.net/?p=380#comment-10753 Excuse my ignorance, but what's the difference between a CNM and a CM? I thought midwives were also nurses? Sorry for the silly question :P Excuse my ignorance, but what’s the difference between a CNM and a CM? I thought midwives were also nurses?

Sorry for the silly question :P

]]> By: Amy Catania http://chicagodoula.net/blog/2010/01/26/cnms-cpms-and-dems-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Amy Catania Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:04:22 +0000 http://chicagodoula.net/?p=380#comment-2029 Thanks, Nancy! Thanks, Nancy!

]]> By: Nancy Cowans http://chicagodoula.net/blog/2010/01/26/cnms-cpms-and-dems-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-2025 Nancy Cowans Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:09:06 +0000 http://chicagodoula.net/?p=380#comment-2025 wow..I am so impressed..you two rock big time..this is fantastic! wow..I am so impressed..you two rock big time..this is fantastic!

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