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
  • Nunez was born in Ahuijullo, Jalisco, Mexico, and worked as a midwife and co-founder of the family business, Nunez Pine Straw, according to her obituary.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, said the eight people were indicted for allegedly practicing medicine without a license under the supervision of midwife Maria Margarita Rojas, his office said in a Wednesday news release.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy sought the advice of doctors after dealing with severe memory loss and brain fog, reportedly leading to a scan of his brain that showed a dark spot in the imagery.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine doctors receiving vital medical kits from orbit after a natural disaster, or soldiers getting urgent supplies in minutes instead of hours.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In France, there are 30 midwives and 11 obstetricians for every 1000 live births.
    DeAnna Taylor, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That’s where obstetricians have their greatest worry.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investigators believed that, during the procedures, Adame and Galaz — who allegedly presented themselves as specialists — injected Rajpaul with substances used by qualified cosmetic physicians but combined them with dangerous chemicals, ABC7 reported at the time.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Hanaway’s office also subpoenaed two former Planned Parenthood Great Rivers board members, one physician contracted by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, according to court records.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ramos has three decades of experience as an obstetrician gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, according to her biography.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Evelyn Griffin, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Louisiana who reportedly lost her job for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, meanwhile, did her own research and tried to suggest that the mRNA in mRNA vaccines could be turned into DNA inside human cells and integrate into our genetic material.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025

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