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Credentialing and privileging nurse-midwives. 1998

E Cooper

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, NY, USA.

Nurse-midwives are one category of advanced practice nurse increasingly seeking hospital privileges to admit patients on their own recognizance. This article provides a framework for those health care institutions and insurers who are credentialing nurse-midwives. Nurse-midwifery educational preparation, licensure, scope of practice, relationships with collaborative physicians, and professional liability are discussed. Standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations that pertain to credentialing and privileging nonphysician providers are reviewed. Various privileging routes are explored and directions recommended.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008008	Licensure, Nursing	The granting of a license to practice the profession of nursing.	Licensures, Nursing,Nursing Licensure,Nursing Licensures
D008504	Medical Staff Privileges	Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients.	Medical Staff Privileges, Nonphysician,Staff Privileges, Medical,Medical Staff Privilege,Privilege, Medical Staff,Privileges, Medical Staff,Staff Privilege, Medical
D009721	Nurse Midwives	Professional nurses who have received postgraduate training in MIDWIFERY.	Nurse-Midwife,Nurse-Midwives,Nurse Midwife
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D003406	Credentialing	The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensure, admission to association membership, the award of a diploma or degree, etc.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016365	Liability, Legal	Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.	Institutional Liability,Personal Liability,Professional Liability,Legal Liability,Medical Liability,Torts,Institutional Liabilities,Legal Liabilities,Liabilities, Institutional,Liabilities, Legal,Liabilities, Medical,Liabilities, Personal,Liabilities, Professional,Liability, Institutional,Liability, Medical,Liability, Personal,Liability, Professional,Medical Liabilities,Personal Liabilities,Professional Liabilities,Tort
D019555	Physician-Nurse Relations	The reciprocal interaction of physicians and nurses.	Nurse-Physician Relations,Physician Nurse Relationship,Nurse Physician Relations,Nurse Relationship, Physician,Nurse Relationships, Physician,Nurse-Physician Relation,Physician Nurse Relations,Physician Nurse Relationships,Physician-Nurse Relation,Relation, Nurse-Physician,Relation, Physician-Nurse,Relations, Nurse-Physician,Relations, Physician-Nurse,Relationship, Physician Nurse,Relationships, Physician Nurse