HSA celebrates International Day of the Midwife
- Provide family planning information and advice.
- Diagnose pregnancies and monitor normal pregnancies.
- Prescribe or advise on the examinations necessary for the earliest possible diagnosis of pregnancies at risk.
- Provide a programme of parenthood preparation.
- Care for and assist the family during labour and to monitor the condition of the baby in the womb by the appropriate clinical and technical means.
- Conduct spontaneous deliveries and perform episiotomies where necessary.
- Recognise the warning signs of abnormality in the mother or infant which necessitate referral to a doctor.
- Examine and care for the new born infant.
- Care for and monitor the progress of the mother and infant in the postnatal period.
- Help establish and encourage demand breast feeding.
- Maintain all necessary records.
Published May 4, 2014
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