Midwives
MIDWIVES: correct answersMonitor the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother
throughout the childbearing cycle;
Provide the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on
assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support;
Minimize technological interventions and;
Identify and refer women who require obstetrical attention.
THIS WOMAN-CENTERED MIDWIFERY MODEL OF CARE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE
OF BIRTH INJURY, TRAUMA, AND CESAREAN SECTION.
The techno-medical model of maternity care is based on the belief that pregnancy and labor are
illnesses, which, in order to not be harmful to mother or baby, must be treated with drugs and medical
equipment. correct answersEating and drinking in labor are usually not permitted.
Labor pain is seen as unacceptable, so analgesia and anesthesia are encouraged.
Once labor starts, birth must take place within twenty-four hours.
Some medical intervention is considered necessary for every birth, and birth is safe only in retrospect.
Women generally labor in bed hooked up to electronic fetal monitors (externally and/or internally),
intravenous tubes and uterine pressure reading devices.
International Definition of a Midwife correct answersis recognized as a responsible and accountable
professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice
during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own
responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant. This care includes preventive
measures, the promotion of normal birth, the detection of complications in mother and child, the
accessing of medical or other appropriate assistance and the carrying out of emergency measures.
Certified Midwife (CM) correct answersis an individual educated in the discipline of midwifery, who
possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of the American College of Nurse-
Midwives.
is also used in certain states as a designation of certification by the state or midwifery organization.
MIDWIVES: correct answersMonitor the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother
throughout the childbearing cycle;
Provide the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on
assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support;
Minimize technological interventions and;
Identify and refer women who require obstetrical attention.
THIS WOMAN-CENTERED MIDWIFERY MODEL OF CARE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE
OF BIRTH INJURY, TRAUMA, AND CESAREAN SECTION.
The techno-medical model of maternity care is based on the belief that pregnancy and labor are
illnesses, which, in order to not be harmful to mother or baby, must be treated with drugs and medical
equipment. correct answersEating and drinking in labor are usually not permitted.
Labor pain is seen as unacceptable, so analgesia and anesthesia are encouraged.
Once labor starts, birth must take place within twenty-four hours.
Some medical intervention is considered necessary for every birth, and birth is safe only in retrospect.
Women generally labor in bed hooked up to electronic fetal monitors (externally and/or internally),
intravenous tubes and uterine pressure reading devices.
International Definition of a Midwife correct answersis recognized as a responsible and accountable
professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice
during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own
responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant. This care includes preventive
measures, the promotion of normal birth, the detection of complications in mother and child, the
accessing of medical or other appropriate assistance and the carrying out of emergency measures.
Certified Midwife (CM) correct answersis an individual educated in the discipline of midwifery, who
possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of the American College of Nurse-
Midwives.
is also used in certain states as a designation of certification by the state or midwifery organization.
