This information on best practice is based on a systematic review (Callaghan et al 2005) conducted by the Institute Nurses' Network (Telethon Institute of Child Health Research), Western Australian community and child health nurses and the Western Australian Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery, a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The primary references on which th...

The Second WHO Ministerial Conference on Nursing and Midwifery in Europe addresses the unique roles and contributions of Europe's six million nurses and midwives in health development and health service delivery. Since the first WHO ministerial conference that took place in Vienna over ten years ago, some steps have been taken in Europe towards strengthening the status and making full use of th...

3 This guidance complements the joint statement from the healthcare regulators and gives more information about how to follow the principles set out in Good medical practice2 and The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives.3 Appendix 1 sets out relevant extracts from General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidance. This guida...

INTRODUCTION Shifting HIV treatment tasks from physicians to nurses and midwives is essential to scaling-up HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa. Updating nursing and midwifery regulations to include task shifting and pre-service education reform can help facilitate reaching new HIV targets. Donor-supported initiatives to update nursing and midwifery regulations are increasing. However, there are...

abstract [1]   background and objective:hospital infection is undoubtedly the most important world's problem which is considered by health care centers. lack of proper understanding of staff of infection controling ways and procedures play a decisive role in the increased transmission of infectious agents in hospital infections. if nurses know the proper effective ways they would help to r...

Aim: The study aims to determine the level of proneness to malpractice among nursing and midwifery interns. Method: The sample of this descriptive and analytical study consisted of 120 intern students studying in their senior year in the nursing and midwifery department of a public university who volunteered to participate in the study. Data was collected using the Student Identification Form a...

This paper analyses nursing and midwifery legislation in high HIV-burden countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region, with respect to global standards, and suggests areas that could be further examined to strengthen the nursing and midwifery professions and HIV service delivery. To provide universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, sufficient number...

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the impact of midwifery workloads on the outcomes for women and their babies [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. Queensland has now commenced implementation of nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios in response to evidence demonstrating improved outcomes related to staffing and work environments in nursing and midwifery [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. Evidence within the nurs...

OBJECTIVE to discuss possibilities of nursing contribution for universal health coverage. METHOD a qualitative study, performed by means of document analysis of the World Health Organization publications highlighting Nursing and Midwifery within universal health coverage. RESULTS documents published by nursing and midwifery leaders point to the need for coordinated and integrated actions in...