Linda Jean Stephan, CNM

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• Advanced Practice Midwife

  Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

  Primary

  Advanced practice midwifery encompasses the independent provision of care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; sexual and reproductive health; gynecologic health; and family planning services, including preconception care. Midwives also provide primary care for individuals from adolescence throughout the lifespan as well as care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life. Midwives provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Midwifery care includes health promotion, disease prevention, risk assessment and management, and individualized wellness education and counseling.

  Taxonomy code 367A00000X

• Midwife

  Other Service Providers

  A Midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training. Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained via multiple routes of education (apprenticeship, workshop, formal classes, or programs, etc., usually a combination). The educational background requirements and licensing requirements vary by state. The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.

  Taxonomy code 176B00000X

• Nurse Practitioner

  Obstetrics & Gynecology

  Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

  Definition to come...

  Taxonomy code 363LX0001X