Midwifery Nurses
Description
Midwifery nurses deliver, or assist in the delivery of babies, provide antenatal and postnatal care and advise parents on baby care. They work with other healthcare professionals and advise on and teach midwifery practice.
Tasks
- Delivers lectures and other forms of training in midwifery practice.
- Plans and manages midwifery care services.
- Supervises more junior staff and directs the work of the midwifery unit.
- Advises on baby care, exercise, diet and family planning issues.
- Monitors recovery of mother in postnatal period and supervises the nursing of premature and other babies requiring special attention.
- Delivers babies in normal births and assists doctors with difficult deliveries.
- Monitors condition and progress of patient and baby throughout pregnancy.
Entry Requirements
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Active Listening
- Science
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Mathematics
Related Courses
- Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) - Level 3
- Allergy Awareness - Adult Social Care
- Allergy Awareness for Those Working in the Service Sector - Level 2
- Award in Personal Social Skills - 1-1 modules - Level 1
- Award in Personal Social Skills - Introduction to Wellbeing - Level 1
- Awareness of Mental Health Problems - Level 2
- Care Skills Essentials - Part-Time
- Common Health Conditions - Level 2
- Engagement to Health and Social Care-Childcare - Level 1
- Falls Prevention Awareness - Level 2
- Health and Social Care - Level 1
- Health Studies - Level 3
- Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 2
- Principles of Care Planning - Level 2
- Principles of End of Life Care - Level 2
- Principles of the Mental Health Care Worker - Level 2
- Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings - Level 2
- Principles of Working with and Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities - Level 2
- Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Apprenticeship - Level 3
- Understanding Autism - Level 2
- Understanding Common Illnesses Affecting Children - Level 2
- Understanding the Care and Management of Diabetes - Level 2
- Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care - Level 2