Maternity nurse vs nurse midwife

Differences between maternity nurse and nurse midwife duties and responsibilities

Maternity nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage the care of high risk patient with seizure disorders, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, bleeding issues.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Serve as acting coordinator of the ob department.
• Assume the duties of the obstetric nurse for all ob.
• Educate, assess, and counsele regarding post-partum care, childbirth, lactation, and treatment procedures.
• Assist with epidural catheter placement.
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Nurse midwife example responsibilities.

• Full scope CNM care for busy manage healthcare facility and hospital.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide tracheostomy care, trauma, burns, diabetic care.
• Participate in the clinical education of ob residents, medical and nursing students.
• Assist in bedside surgery, all types of ventilation, arterial and venous lines.
• Diagnose, monitor and examine women and foetus during pregnancy, labour and delivery.
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