Seminars involve interdisciplinary health team members.
Emphasis is on pathophysiology, diagnosis, managment, co-management, and referral of medical and obstetric problems. Provide family centered care utilizing selected conceptual models for nursing practice for women experiencing medical and obstetrical alterations appropriate to nurse midwifery scope of practice. Recognize, diagnose, and manage selected medical and obstetrical alterations of the pregnant woman. Accurately identify patients appropriate for collaboration with or referral to a physician. Understand the medical management of the mother with deviations from normal.