How many births do Certified Nurse Midwives attend each year in Tennessee?
According to Birth Certificate Data, CNMs have attended approximately 4,000 births this year. However, this does not include those women who developed complications requiring a physician to attend their birth, i.e. an assisted birth with vacuum or forceps, or a cesarean birth. Where do nurse midwives practice? Midwives attend over 70% of births in the world. In the Netherlands, midwives deliver a majority of the babies. Other countries do not utilize midwives to their fullest potential. In the United States, nurse-midwifery care is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and some U.S. territories. Most CNMs are employed by a hospital or a physician practice. While some CNMs attend home births, most of the births they attend occur in hospitals or birth centers. In TN, nurse-midwives practice in rural and urban settings, in private practices and public health systems, in hospitals, birth centers, and at home.
