NACPM STANDARDS
As a state chapter of NACPM, we expect all members to uphold the standards and values of the national organization. These include:
- Working in partnership with each person we serve.
- Recognizing that each client is responsible for their own health and well-being
- Actively working to avoid imposing your value system on clients
- Working collaboratively with other health professionals while maintaining autonomous practice.
- Basing clinical management on empirical and/or trial evidence
- Striving to minimize technological interventions
- Maintaining your own health and well-being to optimize your ability to provide care in the long-term
- Supporting each client's right to plan her care according to her needs and desires
- Sharing information in language that is understandable to the client
- Upholding safe boundaries by refusing to provide or continue care (referring onwards where needed) if the midwife deems the situation or the care requested to be unsafe or emotionally harmful
- Collecting and recording client’s health data, problems, decisions and plans comprehensively throughout the caregiving partnership
- Filing legal documents appropriately
- Continuously evaluating and improving your knowledge, skills, and practice management to provide the best possible care
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