A Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is a professional healthcare provider. A CNM is a registered nurse who has graduated from an advanced education program accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives and must pass a national certification examination and meet strict requirements set by state health agencies.

What does Midwife mean?

Midwife means "with woman". Nurse mid-wives provide safe, personalized healthcare and understand the physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs of women. CNMs provide routine gynecological care and carry on a tradition of assisting women in the safe delivery of babies. They use their professional skills and the availability of advances and techniques in modern medicine.

Nurse midwifery focuses on a woman's wellness and consumer choice and also welcomes questions and takes the time to listen.

Priscilla is native of Buffalo, New York and received her BSN from Hartwick College in 1966. She graduated from Frontier Nursing Service School of Midwifery with a certificate as nurse-midwife in 1968. Miss Craw is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
Miss Craw also spent five years in West Africa as a medical missionary before coming to Thomasville in 1974.

A native of South Dakota, Rita graduated from St. John's School of Nursing in Huron, South Dakota. Mrs. Ray completed her midwifery education at Frontier Nursing Service in Hyden, Kentucky. She and her husband, Paul, have a son.

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