The evolution of midwifery faculty practice: impact and outcomes of care.
The Yale School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery program was started in 1956 and is the second oldest existing master's degree program in the country. With an increase in student enrollment and a decrease in available clinical sites in the late 1990s, 2 initiatives for faculty practices were begun. Since then, the faculty practices have significantly strengthened the clinical teaching component of the educational program. The development and growth of the nurse-midwifery faculty practices has not been without its challenges. There are 3 lessons learned: The importance of a good business infrastructure, the importance of a positive relationship with physician colleagues, and the value of uncertainty. Two benefits of the practices are the modeling of evidence-based practice and the potential for research on nurse-midwifery care and outcomes.
Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06536, USA. Lynette.Ament@Yale.edu
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D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration