Table 3. Provider estimates of time spent on different tasks from questionnaire administered to Society for Family Health (SFH) providers and average monthly salary for nurse-midwives (N=39).
| Time, min | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counseling a new FP client | ||
| Mean | 23 | |
| Range | 7-60 | |
| Time inserting, min a | Time removing, min a | |
| Method provision and removal | ||
| LNG-IUS | ||
| Mean | 9 | 4 |
| Range | 4-30 | 1-5 |
| Copper IUD | ||
| Mean | 10 | 4 |
| Range | 3-40 | 1-8 |
| One-rod implant | ||
| Mean | 7 | 14 |
| Range | 2-25 | 2-30 |
| Two-rod implant | ||
| Mean | 11 | 21 |
| Range | 3-38 | 3-50 |
|
Average monthly salary for
nurse-midwife in SFH network |
US $273 | |
Note: The midpoint was used when providers gave a range.
a For insertions and removals, providers were asked to estimate time from when a woman lays down on the table to when she stands up.