N.M. Admin. Code § 16.11.3.12
Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025
Section 16.11.3.12 - COURSE OF EDUCATION New Mexico retains a state apprentice process to become a midwife; the division will provide a division-approved student workbook as a tool in determining the acceptability of an applicant's educational experience. The main purpose of the education program is to establish entry-level knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to practice competently; this is established through training, education and supervised clinical experience, followed by successful completion of a division-approved written examination. The midwifery instructor will use the student workbook to conduct the course of education for the apprentice as set out below.
A. Theoretical instruction: Theoretical instruction must include, but is not limited to, these areas of study: (1) Human life science: Anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, fetal development, genetic screening, applied microbiology;(2) Psycho/social issues: Communication and counseling, cultural concerns, human sexuality, perinatal education;(3) Antepartum management: History taking, physical assessment, risk screening, provision of care, normal course, complications, pharmacology, nutrition, diagnostic laboratory tests and procedures, and consultation and transfer;(4) Intrapartum management: History taking, physical assessment, risk screening, provision of care, normal course, complications, pharmacology, diagnostic laboratory tests and procedures, consultation and transfer, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation;(5) Postpartum management: History taking, physical assessment, risk screening, provision of care, normal course, complications, pharmacology, consultation and transfer, diagnostic laboratory tests and procedures, and family planning;(6) Newborn management: History taking, physical assessment, risk screening, provision of care, normal course, complications, diagnostic laboratory tests and procedures, consultation and transfer, and neonatal resuscitation;(7) Reproductive health care: History taking, physical assessment, risk screening, provision of care, diagnostic laboratory tests and procedures, non-pharmalogical treatment, consultation or transfer for treament, and family planning;(8) Professional issues: History of midwifery, division regulations regarding prevention of infant blindness; newborn screening for certain congenital diseases and other inborn metabolic errors; registration of births, neonatal and maternal deaths, including stillbirths, and control of diseases and conditions of public health significance; ethics, laws and regulations, starting a small business.(9) Pharmacological management: Safely procure, carry, and administer medications, per the Drug and Cosmetic Act (Definition K), listed on the department formulary.B. Clinical experience: Permitted apprentice midwives should refer to the division's student workbook for details on clinical experiences and skills required to complete training including but not limited to: (1) Skills and knowledge: (a) professional issues, knowledge, and skills;(b) general healthcare skills;(c) maternal health assessment;(e) labor, birth, and immediate postpartum;(2) Clinical experiences:(a) births as an observer;(b) births as an assistant under supervision;(c) prenatal exams as an assistant under supervision;(d) newborn exams as an assistant under supervision;(e) postpartum exams as an assistant under supervision;(f) birth as a primary under supervision;(g) initial prenatal exams as a primary under supervision;(h) prenatal exams as a primary under supervision;(i) newborn exams as a primary under supervision;(j) postpartum exams as a primary under supervision;N.M. Admin. Code § 16.11.3.12
12-31-97; Recompiled 12/31/01, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, December 28, 2021, eff. 12/28/2021