Inactive Policy Update & 2022 Exam Statistics for Midwives and Nurses

Midwifery Certification Exam Statistics Every year candidates prepare for certification exams after years of hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. In every industry, some candidates will not pass despite their best efforts, quality of training and lengthy educational preparation. Fortunately, most candidates will pass and go on to pursue their desired career. Recently, we looked at […]

NARM News and Updates, March 2023

How Many CPMs? Every CPM plays an essential role in the development and future of the CPM credential. Every US state that regulates CPMs uses the NARM Examination. This Exam has been co-created by CPMs and continues to be updated through participation in the Test Development process, making the CPM credential the thriving competency-based credential […]

NRP Updates for 2023

Results from the NARM NRP Survey! Every year NARM gets emails and phone calls from midwives who describe the challenges of getting NRP training in their communities. In response to these concerns, NARM conducted a survey to get a better understanding from the entire CPM community of what barriers to NRP courses exist and which […]

NARM Accountability

CPM Informed Disclosure As you may know, NARM has an Accountability process for clients to file complaints about Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). This is a process to improve midwifery care through remediation and professional peer review. Midwives who use the CPM credential must include, in their Informed Disclosure, information on the NARM Accountability process and […]

On the Horizon at NARM, Summer 2022

NRP Survey Every year NARM gets emails and phone calls from midwives who describe challenges in getting NRP and CPR training in their communities. In recent years, due to COVID-related closures, those emails and calls have increased. Due to the current difficulty finding in-person NRP Instructor-led courses, NARM will accept the verification of passing the […]

NARM News & Updates, January 2022

Our New (and much improved) Website! NARM is pleased to announce a brand new website! For many months in 2021, several board members along with our webmistress, Tina, worked to update the content, appearance and overall functionality of the NARM website. Every year thousands of CPMs, midwifery students, and others search our site for resources […]

NARM Policy & Procedure Updates, August 2021

Starting September 1, 2021 NARM’s New Testing Company! The NARM examination will be administered by a new testing company starting September 1, 2021. NARM is working to make this transition as seamless as possible to ensure there are no interruptions in testing or credentialing. Starting January 1, 2022 Cultural Awareness Policy Currently, NARM requires all […]

NARM NRP Policy Update May 2021

NRP Policy Updates As of June 1, 2021, all initial Certification and Recertification applications will need to meet NARM’s pre-COVID NRP and CPR requirement of in-person skill evaluation. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) will be releasing the 8th edition NRP program in June. Due to these changes NARM has updated […]

Certemy and NARM Board Update

The New Online System Update NARM is pleased to report that Certemy, the new online program to process applications is going well! There are still some bugs to be worked out, but the tech people are working hard to resolve them! Currently, a few PEP applications are being beta tested, and we hope that we […]

NARM Policy Updates, March 2021

Virtual Clinical Experiences – Extended NARM will allow two virtual clinicals to apply to the Continuity of Care clinical requirements for CPM candidates and NARM Preceptor registrants for each Continuity of Care Client: one prenatal in the final trimester and one postpartum done anytime between 24 hours and six weeks post birth. NARM has extended […]