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name: midwife
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'midwife' (also: community midwife, foetal nurse, neonatal nurse practitioner, consultant midwife, obstetric nurse, intensive care neonatal nurse). Use when the user asks for typical midwife work such as: Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.; Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.; Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information."
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# Midwife
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Midwives assist women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, conduct births and provide care for the new-born. They advise on health, preventive measures, preparation for parenthood, detection of complications in mother and child, accessing of medical care, promoting normal birth and carrying out emergency measures.
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## Core workflow
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1. Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.
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2. Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
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3. Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.
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4. Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
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5. Perform physical examinations by taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, examining breasts, or performing pelvic examinations.
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6. Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
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7. Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
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8. Document findings of physical examinations.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- accept own accountability
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- address problems critically
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- adhere to organisational guidelines
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- advise on childbirth
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- advise on family planning
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- advise on pregnancies at risk
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- advise on pregnancy
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- anaesthetics
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- analgesics
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- apply context specific clinical competences
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- apply organisational techniques
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- assess the course of breast-feeding period
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- assist on pregnancy abnormality
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- care for the new-born infant
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- carry out treatment prescribed by doctors
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## Hot technologies
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- eClinicalWorks EHR software
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- Epic Systems
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Excel
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/95cda6a9-a70a-4a93-9442-11d573cb4a02), O*NET 30.3 (29-1161.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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