In a state, Nurse Batty welcomes midwives and leading obstetrician (7)

I believe the answer is:

nervous

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'midwives and leading obstetrician' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'in a state nurse batty welcomes' is the wordplay.
'in a state' becomes 'vo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'batty' indicates anagramming the letters.
'welcomes' is an insertion indicator.
'nurse' anagrammed gives 'nerus'.
'vo' put into 'nerus' is 'NERVOUS'.

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(Other definitions for nervous that I've seen before include "Highly-strung" , "stewing" , "On edge, anxious" , "far from cool?" , "Highly strung" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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