As an Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Midwife) you will: Implements and adapts medical theories and technologies, paralleling the latest advancements in scientific evidence, medical initiatives, and evolving obstetrics/gynecology healthcare technologies. Adapts treatment to new, experimental, and ground-breaking theories in the focus of diverse patient care for women, ranging from inpatient to outpatient settings, as well as from available risk management data, supporting the investigation of new drugs. Analyzes epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data, related to individual, aggregate, and population health. Duties reflect the growing significance of evidence-based practice, evidence-based interventions, and population-based chronic care management. Critically appraises existing medical literature/journals to determine and implement the optimal evidence for patient care plan. Initiates and implements strategies to evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns, and systems of care for women against National benchmarks. Serves as project lead or associate in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of obstetrics/gynecology healthcare. Incumbent integrates the art and science of both nursing and midwifery into practice. Assesses acute and non-acute clinical problems. Obtains and records a problem-oriented health history; orders and interprets related laboratory and diagnostic tests; performs a systematic physical examination and interprets abnormal and normal findings to form a diagnosis regarding physical, emotional, or social disabilities. Independently manages labor and childbirth in accordance with clinical privileges. Utilizes experimental theories and new developments in the solution of complex health care problems, not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods. Prescribes medications; initiates emergency care, as appropriate. Conducts interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration with physicians regarding patient management, to include evaluating and revising therapeutic plans and managing high-risk, unstable, or extremely complex patients, including the intrapartum setting. Participates in patient care rounds and conferences, presenting patient cases/topics and communicating patient management strategies to members of the patient care team. Implements the patient therapeutic care plan, with significant emphasis in the areas of patient/family education, assessment, and support. Responsible for initiating, implementing, and overseeing disease management/education programs for women, addressing the education/self-care needs, identified by the patient/family. Provides teaching to patients and their families regarding disease processes and diagnostic tests; therapeutic regimen, including medication, diet, follow-up care; and methods of adapting medication and treatment to current lifestyles. Performs within a holistic paradigm, providing counseling to patients and their families in prevention of illness, maintenance of health, and attainment of physical, mental, and social well-being. Oversees compliance/adherence with the preventive health care needs of all adult patients visiting the obstetrics/gynecology clinic. Develops a therapeutic environment, which facilitates a trust relationship with the practitioner. Serves in a leadership position and is recognized as a consultant and role model to other health care professionals, colleagues, professional groups, and universities. Evaluates care delivery models and strategies, using concepts related to community, environmental/occupational health, and cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of health. Designs, directs, and evaluates quality improvement methodologies. Acts as a preceptor to graduate students enrolled in physician assistant programs, and medical students. Integrated fully into Graduate Medical Education programs as staff providers/supervisors for interns and residents in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Coordinates and/or conducts in-service education programs for health care professionals and serves as an advisor/member of committees, as assigned. Prepares manuscripts, studies, and lectures for professionals and/or community groups, consistent with proper channels of communication. Develops, reviews, and updates policies, protocols, standards of nursing practice, operating procedures, and scope of practice, in collaboration with multidisciplinary members of the healthcare team. Participates in national and international conferences and workshops, sharing new methodologies which facilitate advancement in the obstetrics/gynecology healthcare profession. Performs other duties as assigned.