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An obstetric nurse works as an assitant to an obstetrician, who is a physician trained in managing medicalized childbirth. A midwife attends normal, low-risk birth and does not require physician oversight.

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A midwife is a skilled birth professional who attends low-risk births either at home, in a birth center or a hospital. Some midwives gain their skills through apprenticeship and are usually referred to as Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). Many midwives are Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM), these midwives were first registered nurses with a bachelor's degree in nursing who then attended graduate school to attain a master's in nursing as a Nurse-Midwife. Obstetricians are physicians (either MDs or DOs) who chose to specialize in obstetrics during their residency. Obstetricians in the US often attend both normal low-risk births, and moderate to high risk births. However in most countries, including those in Europe, midwives attend most births and obstetricians are reserved for those women with complications. Neonatal surgeons, are unrelated. They are pediatric surgeons who specialize in surgery on neonates. A neonate is a newborn baby birth through the first 30 days or through the first 30 days past when the baby should have been born if he or she was born prematurely.

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It's the same profession, typically it's written OB/GYN indicating Obstetrics and gynecology indicating that they care for mothers to be and postpartum care.

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Neonatal is for premature babies, abd midwife can deliever at home

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