The Benefits of a Nurse-Midwife Specialty
If you’re considering nursing as a career, you may have considered a nurse-midwife specialty. While nurse-midwives help pregnant women go through the journey of childbirth more comfortably and safely, that’s not all those with a nurse-midwife specialty are capable of. A nurse-midwife’s full scope of practice includes primary care, family planning services, care for mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period and treatment of male partners for sexually transmitted infections. But what are the benefits of a nurse-midwife specialty?
As the recipient of a nurse-midwife specialty, you’ll be embarking on a rewarding career taking care of women across their lifespan – and there are many advantages for the advanced practice nurse as well. Midwifery care decreases the cost of healthcare while increasing positive health outcomes for mothers and babies – specifically, improving maternal and infant mortality rates. As leaders in healthcare reform, nurse-midwives act as agents of change in the lives of their individual patients and the healthcare field in general.
Why Should I Get A Nurse-Midwife Specialty?
Studying for a nurse-midwife specialty means more than simply embarking on a career in this healthcare field – you’ll be starting a course of study that will lead you to make a positive impact in the lives of countless women. As a nurse-midwife, you’ll help women from pre-conception through pregnancy, childbirth and the post-pregnancy period, taking care of your patients and connecting with them on a personal level. You’ll also provide primary care including conducting annual exams, writing prescriptions and offering basic nutrition counseling to women of all ages.
Certified Nurse-Midwives are very involved with patients and provide a high level of comprehensive support on both a physical and emotional level. As a nurse-midwife, you’re doing more than writing prescriptions and diagnosing problems – you’re providing emotional support to someone in one of the most important periods of their lifetime.
Additionally, many people do not know that certified nurse-midwives attend births in a variety of settings. While over 90% of the births that nurse-midwives attend are in hospitals (according to the ACNM), a small percent occur in places like birth centers or private homes. Many nurse-midwives find work in private practices, clinics, birth centers, and hospitals to best serve the needs of women in their communities
How Will A Nurse-Midwife Specialty Help Me?
With a nurse-midwifery specialty from Frontier Nursing University, you’re giving yourself the professional preparation and certification to enter the field with confidence. Our Master of Science in Nursing degree program is a comprehensive approach to nurse-midwife certification, and we take the time to fill our students’ needs on a personal level.
At Frontier Nursing University, we also understand that life doesn’t stop when you embark on a degree program – so we offer a variety of flexible class schedules and degree programs that work with your schedule.
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Becoming a nurse-midwife is an exciting process that leads to decades of career fulfillment – and even more importantly, helps you touch the lives of other women for the better. If you’re ready to start your degree, Frontier Nursing University can help. Our unique nursing and midwifery graduate programs let you pursue your course of study from your current location, and we make class easy to attend even on a busy schedule. And though FNU’s nurse-midwifery program ranks among the top in the country, its tuition – just $580 per credit hour – is among the most affordable in the nation.
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Carrie Belin is an experienced board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins DNP program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has also completed fellowships at Georgetown and the University of California Irvine.
Angie has been a full-scope midwife since 2009. She has experience in various birth settings including home, hospital, and birth centers. She is committed to integrating the midwifery model of care in the US. She completed her master’s degree in nurse-midwifery at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) and her Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as the midwifery clinical faculty at FNU. Angie is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of healthcare and has led quality improvement projects on skin-to-skin implementation, labor induction, and improving transfer of care practices between hospital and community midwives. In 2017, she created a short film on skin-to-skin called 
Justin C. Daily, BSN, RN, has ten years of experience in nursing. At the start of his nursing career, Justin worked as a floor nurse on the oncology floor at St. Francis. He then spent two years as the Director of Nursing in a small rural Kansas hospital before returning to St. Francis and the oncology unit. He has been in his current position as the Chemo Nurse Educator for the past four years. He earned an Associate in Nurse from Hutchinson Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bethel College.
Brandy Jackson serves as the Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Educator at Wichita State University and Co-Director of Access in Nursing. Brandy is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of experience. Before entering academia, Brandy served in Hospital-based leadership and Critical Care Staff nurse roles. Brandy is passionate about equity in nursing education with a focus on individuals with disabilities. Her current research interests include accommodations of nursing students with disabilities in clinical learning environments and breaking down barriers for historically unrepresented individuals to enter the nursing profession. Brandy is also actively engaged in Interprofessional Education development, creating IPE opportunities for faculty and students at Wichita State. Brandy is an active member of Wichita Women for Good and Soroptimist, with the goal to empower women and girls. Brandy is a TeamSTEPPS master trainer. She received the DASIY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty in 2019 at Wichita State University. 
Dr. Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine is an Arab-disabled queer woman of color with a PhD in Nursing and an interdisciplinary certificate in Disability Ethics from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Dr. Jamal-Eddine’s doctoral research explored spoken word poetry as a form of critical narrative pedagogy to educate nursing students about disability, ableism, and disability justice. Dr. Jamal-Eddine now serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in UIC’s Department of Disability and Human Development and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND). During her doctoral program, Sabrina served as a Summer Fellow at a residential National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute at Arizona State University (2023), a summer fellow at Andrew W. Mellon’s National Humanities Without Walls program at University of Michigan (2022), a Summer Research Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute (2021), and an Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) trainee (2019-2020).
Vanessa Cameron works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nursing Education & Professional Development. She is also attending George Washington University and progressing towards a PhD in Nursing with an emphasis on ableism in nursing. After becoming disabled in April 2021, Vanessa’s worldview and perspective changed, and a recognition of the ableism present within healthcare and within the culture of nursing was apparent. She has been working since that time to provide educational foundations for nurses about disability and ableism, provide support for fellow disabled nursing colleagues, and advocate for the disabled community within healthcare settings to reduce disparities.
Dr. Lucinda Canty is a certified nurse-midwife, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Yale University, specializing in nurse-midwifery, and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Canty has provided reproductive health care for over 29 years. Her research interests include the prevention of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in reproductive health, promoting diversity in nursing, and eliminating racism in nursing and midwifery.
Dr. Lisa Meeks is a distinguished scholar and leader whose unwavering commitment to inclusivity and excellence has significantly influenced the landscape of health professions education and accessibility. She is the founder and executive director of the DocsWithDisabilities Initiative and holds appointments as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Learning Health Sciences and Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C, FACNM (she/her) is a trailblazing force in reproductive justice, blending her expertise as a public health activist, anthropologist, and family nurse-midwife to champion the rights and health of underserved communities. Graduating with distinction from Howard University, Nikia holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public health. Her academic journey also led her to the University of Memphis, where she earned a master’s in medical anthropology, and the University of Tennessee, where she achieved both a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. Complementing her extensive education, she completed a post-master’s certificate in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).