A challenge for nurse-midwifery

This article suggests that nurse-midwifery today has an exceptional opportunity to play a leadership role in the restructuring of health care policy in the United States. A case is made for the profession to initiate the actions necessary to meet the need for at least 50,000 and possible as many as 100,000 practicing nurse-midwives in this country within the next three decades. The choice for action is in the hands of today's 4,000 nurse-midwives.