Midwives
Also called:
Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife, Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, Midwife
What they do:
Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
- Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, and retarded fetal growth.
Business
- customer service
- management
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Math and Science
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Visual Understanding
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Attention to Detail
- Stress Tolerance
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
- Private Practice
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
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master's degree or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$46,180
per year, on average
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