Nurse midwife vs nurse anesthetist

Differences between nurse midwife and nurse anesthetist duties and responsibilities

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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Nurse anesthetist example responsibilities.

• Manage use of anesthesia machine and mechanical ventilation.
• Perform specialty cares in the ICU and maternity unit.
• Initiate the induction of anesthesia, intubation, and monitoring during the anesthesia.
• Provide full scope midwifery care in busy FQHC clinics, birth center and hospital; credential with CAMC
• Full scope midwifery care in a community hospital setting
• Respond to cardiac arrests and situations demanding emergency intubation.
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