Career Information:

Midwife Jobs
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Continuing Education:

The University of Washington Continuing Nursing Education offers several conferences throughout the year inaddition to online courses. The Midwifery Update is a full day conference occurring annually in February. The Advanced Practice in Primary and Acute Care Conference is a 3 day conference annually in the fall.

The ACNM Annual Meeting is usually held in the final week of May. Information about obtaining ACNM CEUs is available here.

Information about certificate maintenance for CNMs can be found at the ACNM website. In addition, there is an explanation about the distinctions between the certificate maintenance program (CMP) and the continuing competency assessment (CCA). All nurse-midwives certified after 1995 are required to participate in the CMP. The American Midwifery Certification Board issues the national exam and re-certifications.

Information on other continuing education conferences can be found here.

CNM Licensure in Washington:

The Washington State Department of Health has information regarding licensure for nurse-midwives. All certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in Washington are licensed as Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) and can obtain prescriptive authority for all legend and schedule II-IV drugs.

ARNP license renewal in the state of Washington requires 30 hours of continuing education every two years and an additional 15 hours in pharmacology for prescriptive authority. Detailed instructions on how to obtain prescriptive authority in Washington are available on the ARNPs United of Washington State website.