About ACNM

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the largest and oldest standard setting organization for the midwifery profession in the United States and is proud of the reputation earned over the past 75 years by our CNM (certified nurse-midwife) and CM (certified midwife) members.

It is possible to be a competent practitioner without a college education, especially if one has had the opportunity to apprentice for a long time with another experienced provider. Still, the public has come to trust the multiple levels of testing for knowledge and competence that are inherent in a formal college level education and the standards for safety that are required by federal and state licensing agencies. These are the standards that physicians must meet and these are the standards that certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives must meet.

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