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Recent Examples of nurse-midwife
The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
February 5, 2024 For several years, Morgan Nuzzo, a nurse-midwife, and her friend and colleague Diane Horvath, an ob-gyn, talked about opening a clinic that would provide abortions in all trimesters of pregnancy.
—Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Bruce saw an obstetrician who used nurse-midwives and all her office visits and labs were covered under Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.
—Amanda Krupa, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
The 2023 honor goes to Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife and hospital founder who has spent decades combating female circumcision and working to improve women’s health care in East Africa.
—Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
February 5, 2024 For several years, Morgan Nuzzo, a nurse-midwife, and her friend and colleague Diane Horvath, an ob-gyn, talked about opening a clinic that would provide abortions in all trimesters of pregnancy.
—Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Bruce saw an obstetrician who used nurse-midwives and all her office visits and labs were covered under Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.
—Amanda Krupa, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
The 2023 honor goes to Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife and hospital founder who has spent decades combating female circumcision and working to improve women’s health care in East Africa.
—Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurse-midwife
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Chloe has also been training to be a midwife in Aylesbury.McKinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
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Beguines served their local communities by working in existing hospitals, acting as midwives, visiting the sick and the poor, taking in orphans and educating children.Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
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The problem is particularly troublesome in areas of the country without doctors, nurses, midwives or medical centers specializing in maternity care.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Depending on the severity of the symptoms, your primary care doctor can refer you to a gastroenterologist or a colorectal surgeon for a closer look.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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But although there is certainly chemistry in the central pairing, Joy is more of an offbeat buddy movie, which is emphasized by the introduction of obstetrician Patrick Steptoe, played rather wonderfully by Bill Nighy.Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Approximately 35% of all US counties are now considered maternity care deserts, having no birthing facilities or obstetricians.Davi Merchan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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From August to September of this year, a national survey was sent out to medical professionals, including nurses, therapists and physicians as well as CCRC staff.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Athletic clubs and physicians appear in the papers throughout the last decade of the 19th century, each using the pedometer to track the wearer’s activities for the purposes of self-reporting fitness or health.Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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The identical-twin gynecologists working in the Upper East Side were found dead in Cyril’s apartment a few blocks from their practice.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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In this red-leaning district, which gave Trump 53 percent of the vote in 2020, there's a chance two GOP candidates could advance to the general election, although there are a few credible Democrats running too, such as former State Department officer Carmela Conroy and gynecologist Bernadine Bank.Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Nurse-midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-midwife. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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