Utah, midwives - please help me. I want to be a midwife attending primarily homebirths and center births. After something of a personal crisis I decided to pursue CNM instead of CPM, or DEM. My main reasons are 1) the government will pay for my education with this route, and 2) as a CNM I can obtain hospital privileges so that I can attend moms who decide or need to be transferred to the hospital. I've thought about eventually becoming an FNP in addition to CNM as well. Unfortunately, I recently heard that CNMs in UT don't attend homebirths - just DEMs! Is this just a trend or a statement of law?
If CNMs can attend homebirths in UT, do they follow the same rules as DEMs in the midwifery practice act, or is it different?
If they cannot attend homebirths, can they obtain CPM certification and UT licensing and practice homebirths as a CPM still, or does being a CNM completely bar them from homebirth practice?
This could affect my educational decisions over the next - oh - decade of my life a great deal, so any help would be appreciated.
I am also curious about CNMs and non-nurse midwives in Colorado. Someone said that nurses can't be LMs there? That doesn't make sense...
One last q, in what states are CNMs/NPs considered independent practitioners?
