Midwifery scope of practice update
Registered midwives now have the option to expand their scope of practice and perform advanced practice activities in AHS sites. This development enables midwives to deliver more timely and efficient care to their clients.
Primary Care Alberta’s (PCA) Provincial Midwifery Administrative Office (PMAO) worked closely with AHS site and medical leadership to identify activities appropriate for hospital settings. These currently include ordering of controlled substances within hospitals (narcotics, benzodiazepines), ordering uterotonics for induction or augmentation of labour, and performing point-of-care ultrasound.
Similar to physicians, midwives are granted appointments and clinical privileges to practice in AHS sites. Privileges define the scope of a midwife’s practice, including procedures they can perform and patient services they’re authorized to provide. The PMAO oversees this process, ensuring a midwife’s privileges reflect their skills, competence, site readiness and clinical need.
As midwives obtain authorization from the College of Midwives of Alberta and appropriate clinical privileges are granted, PMAO will work closely with individual sites to safely integrate advanced practice activities.
For more information about advanced practice activities, visit the College of Midwives of Alberta website.
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