2018
Holistic Nursing Practiced as Intensive Care Nursing
M Fenske JoanCorresponding author
Private Practice as Nurse Consultant
Overview
Nurse midwifery is an advanced-practice nursing specialty that integrates the disciplines of nursing and midwifery to provide comprehensive care to women across the reproductive lifespan. Certified nurse-midwives offer prenatal, labor, delivery, and postpartum care, as well as gynecological and newborn care and health promotion, emphasizing preventive, woman-centered, and family-centered approaches. They are trained to support and manage normal pregnancy and physiologic birth, to respect women's choices during labor and delivery, and to recognize and respond to complications, collaborating with physicians and other providers when higher-level care is required. By combining clinical skill with continuity of care and patient education, nurse-midwives contribute to safe maternity care and to broader women's health. Research in Clinical and Practical Nursing addresses the scope, practice, and outcomes of advanced nursing care across specialties, including the holistic and patient-centered approaches that also characterize midwifery practice. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to clinical nursing practice, supporting study of the roles, skills, and care models that underpin nurse midwifery and advanced nursing within women's and maternal health.
Research published in this journal
1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
How this research is being cited
The 1 article above has been cited 4 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Oct 2025.
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Łukasz Czapiewski et al. · 2024 · Archiv Euromedica
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2024 · Archiv Euromedica
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R. George et al. · 2020 · International Journal of Nursing Education
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2020 · International Journal of Nursing Education
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