Midwives may prescribe medications

Midwives may prescribe medications

The Belgian midwives can now prescribe medication needed to autonomously perform. Childbirth "This is a huge step forward for the autonomy and profession of fault of the midwife and offers several advantages in her profession, says Marlene Reins, president of the Flemish Organization of Midwives (VLOV).

A midwife guides and monitors organically healthy women and newborns. A woman can at the midwife visit during pregnancy and during and after birth. Until now could midwives, either independently or as an employee, not a prescription medication, but recently published in the Official Gazette implementing a law requiring medication may prescribe for midwives catch in childbirth they perform autonomously. urgent situation Certain contraceptive with breastfeeding midwives can now prescribe. "We now have all the possibilities to be a good way to do our work and to use the appropriate legal framework available to us better," said Marlene Lawns (VLOV).  http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/jasminejesper370/1307110/

The organization also hopes that implementing making them appear independently in certain circumstances to perform ultrasounds and pelvic floor can provide exercises that are currently the physiotherapists for women after childbirth suffer from their pelvic floor muscles. Midwives can only prescribe medication if they follow the program "specialized applied pharmacology" and pass an exam successfully. Midwives who graduate after October 1, 2014 will already have the necessary competencies.