MIDWIFERY IN KANSAS
- The first nurse-midwifery practice in the state was birth center established in 1980 in Topeka.
- There are 33 certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in Kansas
- Nurse-midwifery practice in the state of Kansas is regulated by the Board of Nursing under the Nurse Practice Act.
- Kansas certified nurse-midwives attended 456 births in 1997 and 626 in 1998.
- Certified nurse-midwives in Kansas obtained prescription-writing privileges in 1989.
- There are more than 6,000 certified nurse-midwives in the United States.
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