Midwife Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Midwife includes the following duties and responsibilities:

Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
Monitoring the foetus during labour
Providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
Taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
Caring for and assisting women in labour
Helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
Examining and monitoring pregnant women
Assessing care requirements/writing care plans
Writing records
Tutoring student midwives.
Advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
Undertaking antenatal care in hospitals, homes and GP practices
Carrying out screening tests

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Midwife duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Midwife roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.

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