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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
All healthcare practitioners and technical workers not listed separately.
- Median pay
- $64,030
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- +3.6%
- Stable
- Typical entry
- Postsecondary nondegree award
Key skills
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
What they do
- Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
- Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
- Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
- Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
- Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
- Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
- Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
- Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
- Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
Majors that lead here
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.