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The evolution of the core competencies for basic midwifery practice
1Nurse-Midwifery Program, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, 6-101 Weaver Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Journal of Midwifery & Women'S Health
|January 11, 2001
Abstract:
The Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice, as promulgated by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), was first published in 1978 to provide a standard approach to nurse-midwifery education. Since then, it has been revised three times, most recently in 1997, and now serve as the curricular template for ACNM-accredited education programs. This paper discusses the historic evolution of the core competencies and the document's use in midwifery education and practice.