A demand for nurse-midwifery care emerged in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Initially, workforce needs were focused on provision of care to poor and working class women, but by the late ...

Through Bethel’s M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery program, you’ll earn the credentials to provide sexual and reproductive healthcare, primary care, care during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and newborn ...

While waiting to leave Fort Laramie, Emma was called on to serve as midwife, a role she would perform throughout her life. Once on the road, she carried mother and baby in her handcart for 2 days.

During the 1930s, some nurse-midwifery graduates from MCA became maternity consultants in health departments throughout the South, Northeast, and Midwest where they provided prenatal care and ...