A growing focus on maternal health disparities prompts lawmakers to remove barriers for nurse-midwives • Virginia Mercury
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A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nichole Wardlaw opened her own midwifery practice in Chesapeake. A certified nurse-midwife, or CNM, Wardlaw was taking advantage of an emergency order signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, which allowed certified-nurse midwives and nurse practitioners to treat patients without an agreement with a licensed physician — something that’s typically […]
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