5 Certified Nurse Midwife Exam Prep Questions You Need to Know

5 Certified Nurse Midwife Exam Prep Questions You Need to Know

Congratulations on earning your degree in nurse midwifery. Now the only thing standing between you and becoming a certified nurse-midwife is the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) Nurse Midwife Certification Exam. Are you prepared for it? If you think so, test out your knowledge with these six highly rated certified nurse midwife exam prep sample questions from BoardVitals.

How did you do? Whether you received a perfect score (challenge your friends!) or didn’t perform as well as you wanted, we all know we can use more practice.

About the AMCB Nurse Midwife Certification Exam

The AMCB Nurse Midwife Certification Exam tests examinees on the knowledge expected of an entry-level nurse midwife. The exam itself lasts four hours and consists of 175 multiple choice questions. In 2019, the pass rate was 77.2% which was a decrease from the previous four years ((91.8% in 2015, 93.9% in 2016, 90.5% in 2017, 80.8 in 2018). As of February 2019, the US state with the highest number of certified nurse-midwives was California with 1,120, followed by New York with 1,008.

According to the AMCB Task Analysis Report for the CNM exam, the test is broken down as follows:

  • Antepartum 21%
  • Intrapartum 21%
  • Postpartum 18%
  • Newborn 10%
  • Well Woman/GYN 19%
  • Primary Care 11%

The best way to prepare for a test is to take practice questions. BoardVitals offers more than 350 Nurse Midwife Certification practice questions written by top midwife nurses who’ve successfully completed the certification exams. Each question comes with detailed explanations and rationales so you can master the topic covered. Each question is formatted similarly to the official exam and each 3-month+ question bank comes with a 100% Pass Guarantee.

Practice in review mode to read explanations and learn as you go, or timed mode to simulate exam-like conditions. Aspiring and current physicians that use BoardVitals have an 8% higher pass rate than the national average.

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