Maternity Specialist

The ANMC states that midwives should promote safe and effective practice. This competency standard involves: Applying knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable woman centred care, provide or support midwifery continuity of care and manage the midwifery care of women and their babies. Midwives providing continuity of care are able to provide safe and effective practice. They know there patients well from the woman’s blood test results to the woman’s birth plan. The midwife can provide safe and effective practice because she knows the woman best. Midwifery Continuity of care is associated with a reduction in the rate of a number of interventions, without compromising safety of care (Spiby &

This week of maternity clinical rotation, I had a patient Mrs. M was 35-year-old G2P2. She gave birth to a boy by cesarean section at 41 weeks. Mrs. M had Rh+ and Blood group was O+. She was rubella immune, +PPD and had no known allergies. Her GBS, HBsAg, and RPR status were negative.

Christine Le, an accountant living in Flushing, New York, gave birth to a healthy baby “Nathan” on January 29th, 2010. She found out that she was pregnant with her first child when her period was late. She had the routine prenatal care starting at 12 weeks and delivered at 40 weeks in a hospital with the present of her husband, Robert, and the in-laws. To insure her baby was healthy, Christine underwent several prenatal diagnostic methods like amniocentesis to examine for genetic defects. Another method was ultrasound; its purpose is to assess fetal age, multiple pregnancies, size and shape of the fetus. Christine underwent numerous lab tests to ensure that there are no complications (Berk, pg.43). Lab tests like a complete blood count that screens

To care for and monitor the progress of the mother in the postnatal period and to give all necessary advice to the mother on infant care to enable her

Provide full antenatal care including the screening tests in the hospital, community and at home.

A baby was just born at 26 weeks gestation. Just over half the normal 40 weeks a baby should stay inside the mother. The baby is immediately whisked away and taken to be evaluated and prepared for a long journey ahead. Ever since I could remember babies and the nursery at the hospital have fascinated me. Whenever we would go visit a friend who had a baby, I would find myself peaking over the windows into the nursery. I have known for a while that working in the neonatal intensive care unit is what I want to pursue. Recently I have been looking into nurse practitioners and furthering my education beyond my BSN. Being able to care for these infants in the most critical stages of their life, and being able to provide them the support they need to survive outside the womb seems so satisfying . Neonatal nurse practitioners have years of education, deep history, detailed job description, high demands and some legal issues.

Indeed, it is claimed that American obstetricians possess the highest professional recognition due to their profound competencies and knowledge. Thus, the specialists are trained not only in the patients care and medical operations, but on the cross-cultural understanding techniques, as well as in-process support, and post-mentoring (Doctors without borders,

Maternity Care and Delivery is a totally different situation that involves the health and well being of two patients, the mom and the baby. The procedures we code for would include the monitoring

The educational requirements for a Prenatal Sonography Technician is of either an associate’s, bachelor’s degree or a one-year certification. The one-year certification may be obtained from either a hospital or college. Furthermore, a Prenatal Sonography Technicians take courses in anatomy, medical terminology, or science. Usually many tend to graduate from programs such as the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Several, Sonographers typically become certified in more than one specialty. (US 9)

Maternity care in the United States is in jeopardy. There is an increasing trend of shortages of obstetrician-gynecologists and family physicians that once provided vital maternity care. With almost half of the nation’s counties lacking an obstetric provider, approximately ten million women are affected. Obstetricians-gynecologist themselves are also feeling the burdens of the understaffed hospitals and clinics with prolonged work hours. These medical professionals who dedicate their very lives to the field and the care of women are under a great amount of pressure and stress due to the shrinking workforce. Furthermore, interest amongst the youth is necessary in order to have an ample amounts of physicians available to replace the increasing

There is a wide range of what a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse can provide, such as planning a care system, taking vitals, monitoring patients, teaching them to care for their newborn, performing tests, recording, and charting information about patients, helping deliver a baby, and consulting with staff; just to name a few.

One day the editor of The Herald Tribune, Jim Bellows, requests Sheehy to speak with him in his office. He wanted her to know how he liked all the “gritty stuff in the middle of all the fluff,” and that she should “keep it up.” Due to Bellows’ all clear she was able to explore more news-based stories over fluff (Sheehy, 3-9). She had heard rumors on how New York City’s maternity clinics had a high risk of infant mortality, and with newfound freedom she launched an investigative piece on the issue. At the time of her piece she was heavily pregnant that allowed her the perfect cover into the clinics. The story unearthed how horrible the practices were on poor women at these free maternity clinics. After the story published clinics were cleaned

This is the beginning of the mother’s involvement with the midwife. This is an opportunity for both parties to establish a personal relationship, partnership. This is where education exchange can occur, recognition of responsibilities, options and choices are determined which are supported and discussed with the mother and her supporters. (Pairman, 2010, pg. 431-432)

According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNMb) (2015), home births account for 1.4% of all births in the U.S. In eight years the number of home births in the US increased by 41% (ACNM, 2015b). Providing home births falls within the scope of practice of midwives and is supported by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM, 2015b). A mother can have the option of a home birth as long as the home birth follows regulations set in place by the state and can provide a favorable safe environment for both mother and newborn (ACNM, 2015b). Both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) state that the ultimate decision of having a home birth is a patient’s right, especially if she is medically well informed (Declercq, & Stotland, 2016).

In 2005, hospital received the international recognition as a baby friendly birth facility from the World Health Organization (unknown author, 2007). The hospital is eligible to participate in Medicare and Medic aid and is in compliant with the program requirements.