In addition, the role, scope of practice, and prescribing authorization of a nurse midwife will vary depending on licensure and where they practice. Certified Nurse Midwife responsibilities may include: 1  Primary and specialty care for women.
Messages: 357. Slack tide is when the current goes slack between tide changes and slack usually last 30min to an hour after peak high tide or peak low tide(hence high slack or low slack). Feb 27, 2008.
Now, underlying this minute to minute activity is a slower water wave which causes an alternating pattern of high-tide, low-tide, high-tide, low-tide in most places on the Earth that are directly on the ocean. This roughly 6 hour cycle is caused by the gravitational tugging of the Moon upon the Earth.