UNITED KINGDOM John Costello Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Bridget Johnston Reader in Palliative Care, University of Dundee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dundee Daniel Kelly Royal College of Nursing Professor of Nursing Research, School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University Diane Laverty Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care, St Joseph’s Hospice, London Carole Mula Ma...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS To guide achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, we used the Lives Saved Tool to provide a novel simulation of potential maternal, fetal, and newborn lives and costs saved by scaling up midwifery and obstetrics services, including family planning, in 58 low- and middle-income countries. Typical midwifery and obstetrics interventions were scaled to either 60% of t...

Východiska: Globalizace dospěla do bodu, kdy je interakce s lidmi z odlišného sociokulturního prostředí nedílnou součástí běžného života nás všech. Narůstající počet migrujících obyvatel napříč světem znatelný i na poli zdravotnictví. V praxi porodní asistentky dnes již běžná péče o ženy migrační zkušeností. Jmenované skutečnosti pro potřeby teorie pr...

Women die from complications during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Most of these develop pregnancy. Other may be present before pregnancy but worsen The main that cause 80% all maternal deaths are severe bleeding, postpartum infection, high blood pressure (preeclampsia eclampsia), unsafe abortion (WHO, 2019). purpose this study was to determine possibility occurs if pregnant women wi...

BACKGROUND In many countries midwives act as the main providers of care for women throughout pregnancy, labour and birth. In our large public teaching hospital in Australia we restructured the way midwifery care is offered and introduced caseload midwifery for one third of women booked at the hospital. We then compared the costs and birth outcomes associated with caseload midwifery compared to ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the practice of midwifery within a busy urban tertiary hospital birth setting and to present findings on the relationships between nurses and midwives in providing maternity care. DESIGN/METHOD A focused ethnography on midwifery practice conducted over 2 years (2004-2006) in a teaching hospital serving a primarily Medicaid-eligible population in Northern California. Data ...

In the end of the XXI century, one may observe a movement strengthening nursing that is reflected in several WHA resolutions, recognizing the importance and the strategic character of nursing actions among the health professions. The formation of a Global Network of Collaborating Centers linked to WHO formalizes these changes and consolidates the link of nurses with the Organization’s direction...