Tag: Certified Nurse Midwives

By NC Health News Staff Lessons from Abroad: How Europeans tackled opioid addiction and what the U.S. could learn from them. For years, NC Health News has reported on the drug-related deaths, diseases and losses that have resulted from the opioid crisis. Life expectancy in the United States has dropped for two years in a

By Taylor Knopf A sea of white coats descended on the state capital Wednesday as more than a thousand nursing students from around the state came to push lawmakers on some of the biggest health care issues of this legislative work session. The main talking points during the N.C. Nurses Association’s “2019 Nurses Day at

By Rose Hoban Debbie Varnam runs a busy primary care practice in the Brunswick County town of Shallotte. The town is small enough that her 2,500 or so patients at Seaside Wellness make up a sizable portion of the town. Varnam says she’s also got a collegial relationship with other practitioners in the area, including

By Rose Hoban North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services has asked Baby+Co. if they can perform an investigation of the organization’s Cary-based facility where three newborns have died in the past six months. HHS Sec. Mandy Cohen told a legislative oversight committee Tuesday any such review of the facility would be strictly voluntary

By Nina Martin Pro Publica – This story is part of ProPublica’s series “Lost Mothers” which examines the high rate of death in the U.S. related to pregnancy and childbirth. In Great Britain, midwives deliver half of all babies, including Kate Middleton’s first two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. In Sweden, Norway and France, midwives

By Rose Hoban A couple of years ago, Tom Bush was working as the “nurse of the day” at the General Assembly. It’s an honorary volunteer position, used to give health care practitioners (there’s a doctor of the day, too) a taste of the legislature, it also gives providers a chance for some one-on-one with

Black women have some of the lowest rates of breast-feeding. One midwife found some surprising reasons why that might be so. This week, NC Health News brings you some of best stories of 2016. Enjoy! By Rose Hoban As certified nurse-midwife Stephanie Devane-Johnson works with her patients in Greensboro, she talks to them about a

A bill in Congress would encourage more providers to practice in rural areas. By Thomas Goldsmith Marieta Rangel, who lives in Dudley, a community in rural Wayne County, came to Goldsboro  the other day for a pregnancy checkup with Jennifer Perry-Hidalgo, a certified nurse midwife. Perry-Hidalgo got Rangel’s daughter, Ariana, 6, involved in the visit

Lawmakers say they’re ready to give the rules around nursing practice a vote. Is the health care community ready? By Rose Hoban Like so many political debates these days, the rules of engagement had been negotiated ahead of time. On March 8, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Health and Human Services at the General

Black women have some of the lowest rates of breast-feeding. One midwife found some surprising reasons why that might be so. By Rose Hoban As certified nurse-midwife Stephanie Devane-Johnson works with her patients in Greensboro, she talks to them about a lot of health issues. But for her pregnant clients, one of the biggest topics