Nature and scope of certified nurse-midwifery practice: A workforce study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To describe the nature and scope of nurse-midwifery practice in Texas and to determine legislative priorities and practice barriers.

Background

Across the globe, midwives are the largest group of maternity care providers despite little known about midwifery practice. With a looming shortage of midwives, there is a pressing need to understand midwives' work environment and scope of practice.

Design

Mixed methods research utilising prospective descriptive survey and interview.

Methods

An online survey was administered to nurse-midwives practicing in the state of Texas (N = 449) with a subset (n = 10) telephone interviewed. Descriptive and inferential statistics and content analysis was performed.

Results

The survey was completed by 141

SUBMITTER: Hastings-Tolsma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992184 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature