h The Midwife is equipped to assess and support maternal, fetal, and newborn well-being; to maintain a clean, aseptic or sterile technique as indicated; to conduct deliveries; to treat maternal hemorrhage; to resuscitate mother or infant; and to repair 1st and 2nd degree perineal laceration or episiotomy incision.
h Upon the administration of any medication(s), the Midwife shall document in the client’s chart the type of medication(s), the reason for its administration, the name of medication, its dosage, the method of administration, site, date, time, and the medication’s effect.
1.
Oxygen intrapartum or postpartum for maternal,
fetal or neonatal distress
2.
Lactated Ringers administered intravenously for hydration or as an accompaniment to
treatment for excessive postpartum bleeding
3. Pitocin administered by intramuscular injection or intravenous drip, in an emergency situation for the control of postpartum hemorrhage
4.
Methergine, orally or intramuscularly for
excessive postpartum bleeding,
5.
Local
anesthetic such as Xylocaine hydrochloride, one or two percent, administered by infiltration, for the postpartum
repair of tears, lacerations, and episiotomy
6. Cetacaine, applied topically to minor perineal lacerations or painful hemorrhoids
7. Prophylactic
ophthalmic ointment for newborn
8.
Vitamin K, orally or intramuscularly, for
newborn; for the prevention of acute
and late onset hemorrhagic disease of the infant
9.
Rh Immune Globulin, administered by intramuscular injection, for an unsensitized client
with Rh negative type blood to prevent Rh disease
10.
Epinephrine for life-threatening allergic
reaction or anaphylactic shock
11.
Additional medications as prescribed by a physician