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What Is The Difference Between Doulas, Labour& Delivery Nurses, Midwives and Monitrices?

April 26, 2017delivery nurses difference doulas midwives monitrices

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What Is The Difference Between Doulas, Labour& Delivery Nurses, Midwives and Monitrices?

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• A Doula is there to provide emotional, educational and physical support. • A Labour/Delivery nurse will tend to the mother’s clinical considerations during labour and birth. • A Midwife is a Nurse with specialists skills/qualifications which allow her to prescribe medications and deliver babies. • A Monitrice is a nurse or midwife who has received additional training in specialist clinical skills such as taking foetal heart tones, blood pressure checks and vaginal exams.