title: Findings of the 1990 Annual American College of Nurse-Midwives Membership Survey.
abstract: The 1990 Annual ACNM Membership Survey was conducted by the Division of Research for the purpose of obtaining current information about certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) who were members of ACNM. Of the 2,899 surveys sent, 1,992 surveys were returned from 1,877 CNMs and 115 student nurse-midwives (a response rate of 68.7%). The mean age of the CNMs was 41.8 years. Most were female (97.9%) and white (95.3%); 85.1% were active members and 6% were life members of ACNM. The CNMs had been employed in nurse-midwifery-related employment a mean of 8.5 years. The greatest proportion were in clinical nurse-midwifery practice attending births (64.2%). An additional 10.0% were in clinical nurse-midwifery practice not attending births. Experienced nurse-midwives employed full-time reported a mean annual income of $45,229 and being on-call 71.4 hours per week. New nurse-midwives employed full-time reported a mean annual income of $40,504 and being on-call 59.6 hours per week. Most nurse-midwives employed full-time were salaried (57.4%), whereas most CNMs working part-time were paid based on the number of hours worked (49.7%).
authors.affiliation: University of Phoenix Center for Nursing Leadership, Tucson Campus.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lehrman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States