Midwife
Midwife Job Description
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.
There are two kinds of midwives, a nurse midwife, and or a direct-entry midwife. As a nurse-midwife, must obtain an associate, or bachelor’s degree in nursing and midwifery training. The entry midwife has training only in midwifery. Thus, an entry midwife can’t work in a hospital. A midwife can perform gynecological exams, and help and manage prenatal care. The midwife is also there to assure the health and safety of the mother and child, and any needs that may arise after the special event.
Midwife Salary Statistics as of 2015
Average annual salary for a Midwife is $73697 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest salary recorded was $101246. The lowest salary reported was $30000. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Median hourly wage for a Midwife is $36.65 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest hourly rate recorded was $50.35. The lowest hourly rate recorded was $14.92. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Bonuses for a Midwife are based on the years of experience using statistics from the U.S. as of 2015. The average bonus recorded was $0 from people with 15+ years of experience. The average bonus recorded was $1372 from people with under 1 year of experience.
These are the highest paying states for a Midwife. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
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These are the highest paying cities for a Midwife. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
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This chart outlines the average annual salary of a Midwife from the past 5 years. In 2015 the average annual salary was $73697 while in 2007 it was just $68345.3
Many women used to give birth at home with the assistance of a midwife and not a doctor and a hospital. One reason woman relied on midwives and not a hospital was because many of them were in isolated towns and areas where hospitals and doctors were not readily available to them.
Towards the 19th century, the use of midwives for home delivery became obsolete due to growing cities that made hospitals and doctors more accessible to the expanding public. If something went wrong during a birth, a hospital could run tests and lab work and find out what was wrong in minutes.
There have been many misconceptions about midwives and their practices. One of them is that midwives are unschooled and unsanitary. Back in the early days of midwifery, midwives didn’t have a degree or formal training, but that was due to there not being any schools that offered programs for that profession.
Today being a midwife is trained and certified job; many of them are registered nurses and have to obtain several years of experience before they can practice exclusively. Midwives today work with doctors and hospitals, know, and use all the latest technology and training.
The slander of Midwives not being clean and not using sanitation is also false. Current views on sanitation weren’t the same even fifty years ago. Midwives before the 19th century were very clean and sterile for the times they lived in.
Midwives were also used because there were many families who didn’t have the financial funds to go see a doctor. Today, people are going back to using midwives for home birth for the benefit of personal home care the midwife can provide their patient and their knowledge and wisdom about birth and child rearing and development. Another reason woman may want a midwife and a home birth is for a more natural and holistic birth. Trained midwives can give medication and recognize health problems or medical concerns that can complicate a birth. Being a midwife is a respectable and certified job.
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Based on our stats gathered across the U.S. 5% of Midwifes were males while 95% were females. These numbers are based on averages across all states combined. Some individual states may have a much different ratio however.
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