Nursing midwifery is good for employment. With the increase of population and the demand for high-quality medical services, the employment demand of midwifery specialty is also increasing. Midwives are in short supply in many areas.
Midwives can usually be employed in various medical institutions, including hospitals, maternity clinics, maternal and child health centers, etc. They can participate in prenatal care of pregnant women, assistance during childbirth and postpartum care. You can also work in a community care center or an institution that provides family services to provide prenatal health guidance and postpartum rehabilitation services for pregnant women.
Some midwives may choose to engage in education and research, train a new generation of midwives and participate in related research projects. Midwives with certain clinical experience and qualifications have the opportunity to practice freely in private medical institutions and provide more personalized midwifery advice and services.
The learning content of midwifery major is as follows:
1. Basic medical knowledge: including human anatomy, physiology, pathology and other basic medical disciplines, providing a basis for understanding the pregnancy process and obstetric related diseases.
2. Obstetrics: It involves physiological and pathophysiological knowledge of pregnant women, such as physiological changes during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum, diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy complications, etc.
3. Prenatal care: including pre-pregnancy care, prenatal physical examination of pregnant women, disease screening, nutrition guidance, etc. Help pregnant women have a healthy pregnancy.
4. Childbirth nursing: learn the monitoring techniques, nursing measures, forceps delivery and other techniques in the process of childbirth and the knowledge of dealing with childbirth-related complications.
5. Postpartum care: Learn postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, judgment and treatment of postpartum depression, neonatal care and other knowledge. And provide comprehensive postpartum care for pregnant women.
6. Neonatal care: to understand the physiological characteristics of newborns and the care of common diseases and complications, including feeding, thermoregulation, early detection and treatment of abnormal conditions, etc.