Everything to Know About Being a Nurse Midwife - Leslie Cornwell | Ep 39 | Full Episode

In this episode, we talk to Leslie Cornwell, CNM about the ins and outs of being a midwife. We discuss the reasons to become one, birth centers vs hospitals, locum assignments, travel, and more! ------------------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE SPONSOR – AMERICAN MOBILE Become a Travel Nurse at: https://www.americanmobile.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) Introduction (1:47) Leslie’s Background (4:54) Why Would a Nurse Want to Be a Midwife (7:24) Difference Between Midwives & OBGYNs (13:52) Birth Center vs Hospital (19:54) The Different Types of Midwives (28:40) Locum Travel Midwives (35:03) Travel Nursing With Kids (41:00) The Future of Midwifery ------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE GUEST Leslie Cornwell has been a Certified Nurse Midwife last 10yrs and part of birth advocacy since age 16. She has practiced in the hospital, birth center, and home settings in 6 different states. Leslie runs multiple businesses including Midwifery Business Consultation and Empowering Midwifery Education. She has extensive knowledge of business, finances, tax, and legal systems used to help midwives all over the country start and improve their private practices. She loves to travel the country with her family doing midwife locum assignments for the last few years to keep her skills up and see how the many different ways people can provide midwifery care. 15min Discovery Call with Leslie Cornwell, CNM https://calendly.com/lesliecornwellcn... Midwifery Business Consultation www.midwiferybusinessconsultation.com   / 100063563500756     / midwiferybusinessconsultation   Empowering Midwifery Education www.empoweringmidwiferyeducation.com   / 100065144914776     / empoweringmidwiferyeducation   ------------------------------------------------------------------- FIND US ON YouTube –    / nursinguncharted   Instagram –   / nursinguncharted   Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1btLYaM... Website – https://www.americanmobile.com/podcas... ------------------------------------------------------------------- SHOW CREDITS Host – Maggie Reichard Producer – Jonathan Cary Assistant Producer – Katie Schrauben Assistant Producer – Sam MacKay Music – Aidan Dykes