nurse-midwife

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Recent Examples of nurse-midwife Certified nurse-midwives would be exempt from that requirement, but would be required to submit a plan for births outside a hospital. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024 Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives. Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024 Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 February 5, 2024 For several years, Morgan Nuzzo, a nurse-midwife, and her friend and colleague Diane Horvath, an ob-gyn, talked about opening a clinic that would provide abortions in all trimesters of pregnancy. Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Bruce saw an obstetrician who used nurse-midwives and all her office visits and labs were covered under Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. Amanda Krupa, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023 The 2023 honor goes to Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife and hospital founder who has spent decades combating female circumcision and working to improve women’s health care in East Africa. Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurse-midwife
Noun
  • An identity drama, Quechua Clara, 16, her midwife mother Ana’s assistant, Clara leaves her high Andes village to become a big city chincha singer.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • When the woman's labor quickly began to progress, a quick-thinking hospital midwife jumped into action, throwing towels onto a couch and laying the then-expectant mother down on it.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Julia Norem, now a doctor in the Fayetteville area, lost her father Walt Norem in that plane crash.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sutton-Schulman got L settled in, met with his doctors and, for the first time in months, felt some hope.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Emani Ellis' lawsuit, which was first filed in February 2020, alleged Cardi spat on her and scratched her nose during an altercation outside of an obstetrician's office.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Emani Ellis alleged that the Grammy-winning rapper cut her face with her fingernail outside an obstetrician’s office in 2018.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cassidy, a longtime physician, questioned Kennedy.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That’s how three American physicians described the Gaza Strip after spending several weeks treating the sick and wounded there last month.
    Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seeking another opinion, Garcia went to a different gynecologist, who performed an ultrasound.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • One study found that the closure of a rural hospital led to an 8.3% drop in primary care physicians and a 4.8% drop in obstetricians and gynecologists.
    Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Nurse-midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-midwife. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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