Midwife
Ms. Megan M. Keeney is a Midwife in Cape Girardeau, MO
with special training and skill in providing holistic, non-invasive care, education, and emotional support for pregnant women before, during, and after birthing.
As a Midwife, Megan M. Keeney, FNP performs
healthcare services for women throughout pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum adjustment to motherhood. Midwifery is
the profession of assisting women in prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum transition, informed by the belief that pregnancy and childbirth are natural life processes, not medical conditions. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Midwives include vaginal yeast infections, post partum depression, unnecessary technological or pharmaceutical interventions.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Midwives
include pelvic exams, pap smears, breast exams, birth plan creation, parenting education, monitoring and support during labor and childbirth, breastfeeding instruction, newborn care education, and postpartum emotional support.
A Midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training. Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained via multiple routes of education (apprenticeship, workshop, formal classes, or programs, etc., usually a combination). The educational background requirements and licensing requirements vary by state. The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.
Midwives in Cape Girardeau, MO
Family Medicine Practitioner
Ms. Megan M. Keeney is a Family Medicine Practitioner in Cape Girardeau, MO
with special training and skill in family-centric healthcare.
As a Family Medicine Practitioner, Megan M. Keeney, FNP performs
medical history analysis, diagnostics, and treatments for a wide variety of dysfunctions, conditions, and injuries. Family Medicine is
a medical specialty devoted to the medical care of the family unit. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Family Medicine Doctors include cold and flu, asthma and allergies, ear and eye infections, yeast infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, hormone imbalance, nutritional imbalance, stress and depression, muscle tears and sprains, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Family Medicine Doctors
include annual exams, immunizations, medication refills, hormone level testing, cardiovascular testing, pap smears and genital exams, specialist referrals, and patient education.
Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
Family Medicine Doctors in Cape Girardeau, MO
Primary Care Practitioner
Primary Care Doctors in Cape Girardeau, MO
