title: Mandatory advanced degrees for CNMs. Developing compromise.
abstract: Higher education is seen as a step in the right direction for credentialing health care provides. The difficulty lies in the continuation of nurse-midwifery certificate programs to increase the number of practicing certified nurse-midwives while maintaining high-quality care. The author offers some pragmatic solutions to this dilemma.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Pringle
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States