Prepare patient and chart for operation, when needed.
Receive patients from recovery room.
Provide needed teaching to patients and family members.
Assist in discharge or transfer of patients.
Respond to emergency medical cases with promptness and proper judgment.
Know how to use department medical equipment’s.
Observe patients’ response to therapy and note all changes in medical status and report to In Charge Midwife and physician when needed.
Start an infusion, calculate, and maintain its proper rate of flow.
Participate in planning team members duties in collaboration within Charge Midwife
Consult with physicians to plan needed care for patients, in coordination within Charge Midwife
Prepare accurate report on patients’ cases and conditions.
Administer direct prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum patient services and primary care to low-to-moderate risk obstetrical and gynecological patients.
Consult primary obstetrician and co-manage comprehensive care for high-risk patients.
Institute lifesaving emergency measures pending obstetrician arrival.
Care for newborn following delivery
Apply proper identification measures (according to hospital policy) to mother and baby after delivery.
Advise and care for women before and after pregnancy.
Help women give birth.
Teach mothers breast feeding and childcare techniques.

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