Can FNP's deliver babies?

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Specializes in Maternal Child.

Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody knew if it is within the scope of practice of an FNP to provide prenatal and postnatal care AND do the actual deliver. I read a snippet of something that mentioned FNP's could do homebirths with specialized training...anybody any knowledge of this?

Many thanks

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Specializes in Emergency, Cardiac, PAT/SPU, Urgent Care.

No. It is outside of the FNP's scope of practice to do deliveries.

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There is a way to get a CNM and FNP--I know Vanderbilt has a program for that.

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Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody knew if it is within the scope of practice of an FNP to provide prenatal and postnatal care AND do the actual deliver. I read a snippet of something that mentioned FNP's could do homebirths with specialized training...anybody any knowledge of this?

Many thanks

Only if the "specialized training" is as a CNM ... :)

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.

Maybe a post master's certification?

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Specializes in Mother Baby & pre-hospital EMS.

Emory University has a Family Nurse Midwife master's program. Once the program is complete, the students are eligible to take the certification exam for both CNM and FNP.

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There are post-masters programs available to become a CNM, which I believe is the only way you can catch babies. Frontier has an online post-masters program.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Yes, for advanced practice nurses, CNMs are the only ones for whom it is within the scope of practice to deliver/catch babies.

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