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Midwife
* All midwives offer prenatal care to nourish and celebrate childbearing.
* Many midwives also work in the community
  - are also certified nurses
  - choose to practice in rural communities or among the poorer neighborhoods
  - encourage women to avoid pain medication such as epidurals during labor
  - provide primary health care, gynecological care, and care of the normal newborn
  - work in public health clinics, while others choose to provide in-home birth services
* Midwives also care for newborns
  - offer contraception, gynecological services and menopausal care to women
  - provide comprehensive healthcare for women
  - use fewer surgical procedures and medication during labor and delivery
* Midwives are a vital component in quality health care
  - at all times responsible for the women they are caring for
  - confident in a woman's ability to successfully complete the birthing process
  - experts in normal childbirth
  - highly trained specialists in the care of normal pregnancy and birth
  - independent specialists in physiologic birth
  - non-interventionists
  - nurse practitioners, which are nurses with advanced degrees and specialized training
  - often more concerned with restricting the use of episiotomies during normal births
  - practitioners in their own right in the United Kingdom
  - responsible to provide professional nursing care to all assigned patients
  - skilled specialists in normal birth, but are trained to recognize possible problems
  - specialists in the care of healthy women and normal childbirth
  - supportive guardians of the normal birth
* Midwives are the guardians of normal birth
  - most common birth attendant in the world
  - only professionals concerned solely with maternity care
  - safest health professional to assist normal women
  - specialists in normal maternity care
  - traditional care providers for mothers and infants
  - true guardians of normal birth
  - trained to spot and mitigate problems and complications in the pregnancy and birth
  - women with specific training in childbirth
  - women's health care providers with advanced educations
  - attend most of the births in the Netherlands
* Midwives believe in facilitating a natural childbirth as much as possible
  - that our care can enhance the experience of pregnancy and birth for women
* Midwives can also be guilty of interfering with a husband's authority over the birth
  - help women have a more natural childbirth experience
  - spend more time with patients and provide very personalized care
  - care for mothers and babies during pregnancy, in labour and after birth
  - come in several varieties
  - consider themselves to be the experts in normal childbirth
  - deliver healthy babies with fewer interventions
  - encourage women and their families to take an active part in their own health care
* Midwives focus on enhancing health and providing support through a normal, physiological process
  - preventive care and the appropriate use of technology
  - wellness and consumer choice
  - woman-centered care
  - working with the woman to reduce the risk for complications during childbirth
* Midwives give their hearts and time to their families and clients
  - themselves fully to the miraculous being developing within a woman s womb
  - handle low-risk deliveries of mothers with no serious medical problems
* Midwives have a defined sphere of practice for which they are accountable
  - tradition of caring for underserved populations including women with disabilities
  - collaborative relationships with physicians
  - the goal of keeping the perineum intact whenever possible
  - help women have faith in their bodies and trust their abilities
* Midwives know a baby comes when it's ready rather than on a scheduled date
  - birth as a normal, natural function of a woman's body
  - lower the risk of Cesarean section and episiotomy
  - maintain working relationships with physicians in case of emergencies or complications
  - offer care for pregnant women birthing at home, birth centers or in hospitals
* Midwives often function as both a quality and economical option for birthing care
  - work in teams of two or three
* Midwives practice as part of a health care team
  - in hospitals, birthing centers and in the home
* Midwives provide care in both the hospital and home setting
  - intrapartum care for women considered to be 'at low obstetric risk'
  - prenatal care in most countries
* Midwives provide primary care to women throughout the life cycle
  - health care and are similar to general practitioners or family physicians
  - real food and fluids to strengthen the mother
  - safe and gentle care throughout the childbearing cycle
  - recognise women as primary decision makers
  - recognize and support the mother as the main decision-maker
  - see each woman and each pregnancy as unique, and their care is highly personalized
  - serve as liaisons within the health care system and advocate for women and families
  - spend time with woman , both during the prenatal visits and during labor
  - stress natural birth and breast-feeding
  - support the right of parents to choose the birthplace that best suits their needs
  - teach, educate and empower women to take control of their own health care
  - tend to delve into the psychological aspects of child birthing
  - then tailor their care to the individual's own needs and beliefs
* Midwives trust a woman's power to give birth successfully
  - the birth process and affirm each individual woman's ability to give birth
  - use technology such as fetal monitors, but rely heavily on their clinical experience
* Midwives work in clinics, hospitals, and birthing centers
  - communities as part of the health care team
  - with women and their families in many settings
* Most midwifes assist women
  - have skills
* Most midwifes perform certain duties
* Most midwifes treat pregnant women
  - work in centers
* Most midwives also practice with at least one assistant, or apprentice midwife
  - believe the use of drugs during labor to be unwise
  - rely on good nutrition as their main ally in preventing complications
  - work in hospitals and urban areas
* Some midwifes apply knowledge.
* Some midwifes consider boil water
  - deliver babies
* Some midwifes have extensive medical trains
  - ranges
* Some midwifes recognize certain conditions
* Some midwives also speak of emotional dystocia
  - are nurses who have done some additional midwifery training
  - attend births at home at legal risk
  - learn the trade solely by apprenticeship
  - practice in the home, others at birth centers or in hospitals
  - prescribe medications including family planning and contraceptive methods
* Some midwives work as adjuncts to physician or hospital practices
  - with physicians while some work on an independent basis
* assist families
* generally offer more personal care than a doctor.
* includes adult bodies
  - arms
  - body substances
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - legs
  - necks
  - nuclei
  - personality
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
* means being with a woman
* observe patients.
* present accurate information
* supervise care.
* to provide care.
* to provide comprehensive care