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Definition: Nurse-midwife |
Nurse-midwifeNoun1. A registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Provides medical care and treatment to obstetrical patients under supervision of OBSTETRICIAN (medical ser.), delivers babies, and instructs patients in prenatal and postnatal health practices: Participates in initial examination of obstetrical patient, and is assigned responsibility for care, treatment, and delivery of patient. Examines patient during pregnancy, utilizing physical findings, laboratory test results, and patient's statements to evaluate condition and ensure that patient's progress is normal. Discusses case with OBSTETRICIAN (medical ser.) to assure observation of specified practices. Instructs patient in diet and prenatal health practices. Stays with patient during labor to reassure patient and to administer medication. Delivers infant and performs postpartum examinations and treatments to ensure that patient and infant are responding normally. When deviations from standard are encountered during pregnancy or delivery, administers stipulated emergency measures, and arranges for immediate contact of OBSTETRICIAN (medical ser.). Visits patient during postpartum period in hospital and at home to instruct patient in care of self and infant and examine patient. Maintains records of cases for inclusion in establishment file. Conducts classes for groups of patients and families to provide information concerning pregnancy, childbirth, and family orientation. May direct activities of other workers. May instruct in midwifery in establishment providing such training. (references) |
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 | A frontier Nursing Service nurse-midwife visits a mountain cabin. / [P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Esther Bubley].. |  | Nurse-Midwife Carmela Cavero Delivering Baby.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Language | Translations for "nurse-midwife"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | ζ€ηζ₯η"ε©. (various references) | ||||
Korean | κ°νΈν μ°ν. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | urse-midwifenay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-i-i-m-n-r-s-u-w" | |
-3 letters: feminised, misdefine, reinfused, reunified, reunifies. | |
-4 letters: definers, deifiers, edifiers, feminise, fineries, fireside, infirmed, midwifes, misfired, misinfer, reinfuse, rewidens, seminude, unifiers, uredines, uridines, weirdies, wideners, windsurf, wineries. | |
-5 letters: defiers, definer, defines, deifier, deifies, deniers, edifier, edifies, eiswein, endures, endwise, ensured, ermined, ermines, feminie, fenders, fideism, finders, firemen, frenums, friends, indiums, infirms, infused, infuser, insider. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 75 72 73 65 2D 6D 69 64 77 69 66 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 00101101 01101101 01101001 01100100 01110111 01101001 01100110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N u r s e - m i d w i f e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0075 0072 0073 0065 002D 006D 0069 0064 0077 0069 0066 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48878485711579757089757271 |
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