CNM available after 2015?

The proposal by the AACN and some other academic nursing organizations is to make the DNP the minimum level of education for the four advanced practice roles (CNM, CNS, NP, and CRNA), but nothing is official yet. You would still be able to become a CNM; you would just have to get a DNP instead of a Master's. DNP programs are now springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain, but in order for this to become official/mandatory, a whole bunch of folks, including all the state BONs and the professional organizations and clinical accrediting organization would have to sign on. The larger nursing community, so far, doesn't seem to be in a big rush to jump on this particular bandwagon.

If this does become official, Master's programs would still exist in education, managment/administration, CNL, informatics, policy, and whatever other non-advanced practice MSN programs are out there. So far, the discussion is only about entry into advanced practice.

And, this is from the American College of Nurse-Midwives: