Nurse Midwives

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
2. 02Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
3. 03Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.
4. 04Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.
5. 05Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
6. 06Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
7. 07Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.
8. 08Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.
9. 09Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
10. 10Document findings of physical examinations.
11. 11Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.
12. 12Perform physical examinations by taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, examining breasts, or performing pelvic examinations.

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