Are you a fit?
Certified Nurse Midwives deal with sensitive work; there are many qualities and skills that can help them be successful in their role. Some of these skills include: critical thinking, communication, empathy, ability to stay calm under pressure, quick thinking, strong decision making, ability to create good relationships with patients, etc.
Description
A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) is a health professional who provides care and practices in a variety of settings. The care they provide is focused on gynecological services, reproductive health, labor and delivery, postpartum care, and peri-post menopause care. CNMs work as advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), so they are able to prescribe medication and take on a few more responsibilities compared to RNs.
Certified midwives have many specific responsibilities as part of their work, including:
- Primary care for expecting mothers and women
- Diagnosing and treating patients
- Providing referrals to specialists
- Collaborative work with physicians
- STD testing and treatment on expecting parents
- Education for new parents
- Guiding labor and delivery
- Care for newborns
- Assisting during cesarean sections
- Emotional support for expecting mothers
- Prenatal examinations
- Postnatal examinations
- Prescribing medicine to patients
- Overall health evaluation
A CNM has many responsibilities and they are a crucial part of the health care process. They are qualified to be the main and only provider in labor and delivery situations, and are a great asset to any hospital or birth-center.
