Prenatal diagnosis

The standards for the practice of nurse-midwifery declare competence in prenatal diagnosis as one of the core competencies for basic nurse-midwifery practice. Encompassing the most frequently encountered situations that involve prenatal diagnostic counselling, this article aims at providing insight to the practicing nurse-midwife into the risks and benefits of invasive prenatal diagnostic procedures and prenatal diagnostic testing, thereby enabling the midwife to counsel the woman and help her to choose an invasive procedure according to her individual needs.