Certified Nurse Midwife

Responsibilities

• Provides midwifery care for patients with obstetric and gynecologic needs during labor delivery and postpartum.
• Identifies additional needs for mothers and babies in birthing units.
• Monitors patients' condition during pregnancies, including co-management of high-risk pregnancies, and performs examinations and procedures.
• Maintains and records information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers.
• Provides guidance to expectant mothers in prenatal self-care, e.g. nutrition, weight gain, and daily activity levels.
• Provides prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, inter-conceptional, well-woman, and gynecologic care and education for women and their families.
• Maintains records of patient conditions and test results within care plans.
• May order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests as well as prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.

• Master’s degree, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) level education required
• Currently holds an unencumbered license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
• Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
• Must maintain current registered nursing (RN) license and APRN CNM licensure
• Must work within the legal scope of practice
• Required to pass certification examination as stipulated by the appropriate state board.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred
• Valid driver’s license