Cnm Certification Programs

Candidates who have earned a dual focus nurse midwifewomens health nurse practitioner degree have the option of also attempting the women.

Cnm certification programs. To view the course catalog or apply to cnm please go to the bottom of this page. Choose a program below and browse the degreecertificate options available to you. Program options for central new mexico community college cnm. Midwifery program this program is only offered in the fall of each year.

Midwives who are certified by the american midwifery certification board amcb are prepared to provide prenatal care labor and delivery management postpartum care well woman gynecologic care and primary health care to essentially normal healthy women and to care for. If the midwifery program you completed did not culminate in a masters or higher degree you will be required to complete an additional program in midwifery at the graduate level to meet the current education requirements for licensure as a midwife in. Once licensed candidates and assume the title of licensed midwife or lm. Dnp level nurse midwife programs take the midwifery curriculum a step further with additional academic and clinical hours designed to foster leadership within nurse midwives.

The american midwifery certification board amcb is the national certifying body for candidates in nurse midwifery and midwifery who have received their graduate level education in programs accredited by the accreditation commission for midwifery education acme. Cnm offers a wide range of course options degrees and certificates. To the extent they fall within that definition and within each midwifes professional competency midwifery services may include but are not limited to. Upon completion of the degree graduates are eligible to sit for the certified nurse midwife certification exam.

Pass the national nurse midwife certification examination. Midwifery is defined as the management of normal pregnancy childbirth and postpartum care as well as primary preventive reproductive health care. Determined by the department to be equivalent of such a registered or accredited program. Upon graduating from an acme accredited masters program cnm candidates would apply to take the certified nurse midwife exam through the american midwifery certification board acmb.