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Nurse Midwives

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work_healthcare_practitioners/nurse_midwives

Type

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Children

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Child Nodes (21)

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Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.

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Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.

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Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.

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Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.

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Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.

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Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.

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Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.

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Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.

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Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.

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Document findings of physical examinations.

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Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.

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Perform physical examinations by taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, examining breasts, or performing pelvic examinations.

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Write information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers.

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Provide primary health care, including pregnancy and childbirth, to women.

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Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.

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Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in midwifery.

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Instruct student nurse midwives, medical students, or residents on the birthing process.

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Establish practice guidelines for specialty areas such as primary health care of women, care of the childbearing family, and newborn care.

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Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, health care teams, or the community.

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Conduct clinical research on topics such as maternal or infant health care, contraceptive methods, breastfeeding, and gynecological care.

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Manage newborn care during the first weeks of life.