Midwifery is one of the universal professions. At the end of the nineteenth century, midwives in the United States were disenfranchised from the mainstream. A concerted effort was waged by male physicians to characterize midwifery practices as unscientific while simultaneously preventing midwives from obtaining formal education. Although midwifery in the United States continued, it was limited ...

District nurse (DN) care delivery has undergone substantial change in recent years due to changing demographics and service delivery demands that have called for a move of care delivery from secondary to primary care. The title District Nurse is recorded with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on completion of the Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing (SPQ DN), which purpor...

Educators must use diverse tools to facilitate effective student learning, enabling students translate taught theory into the professional practice environment. Reflection is an essential midwifery skill that needed effectively, and often by exploring a variety of reflective models in written format during undergraduate healthcare programmes. This article reports evaluates activities experience...

A vaginal examination (VE) is one of many core skills used in midwifery practice. Despite the controversy of whether it is necessary in all situations, in this article I take the standpoint that it is useful in providing a full clinical picture, especially at times when closer monitoring is recommended. Additionally, if the core skill is misinterpreted, the findings of the VE can distort the tr...

EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT Hadi Hassankhani, Hamidreza Haririan, Joanne E. Porter. Associate professor of Nursing, Medical-Surgical Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran; PhD Candidate in Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran; PhD, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Nursing Department, School of Nurs...

22 Background: The ability to act on and justify clinical decisions as autonomous accountable midwifery 23 practitioners, is encompassed within many international regulatory frameworks, yet decision-making 24 within midwifery is poorly defined. Decision-making theories from medicine and nursing may have 25 something to offer, but fail to take into consideration midwifery context and philosophy ...

BACKGROUND For nearly two decades calls have been made to expand the role of midwives within maternity services in Australia. Although some progress has been made, it has been slow and, at system-wide level, limited. There are many barriers that prevent the expansion of midwifery-led services in Australia including funding arrangements for midwifery care, a lack of political will and resistance...

BACKGROUND Current national and international maternity policy supports the importance of addressing public health goals and investing in early years. Health care providers for women during the reproductive and early postnatal period have the opportunity to encourage women to make choices that will impact positively on maternal and fetal health. Midwives are in a unique position, given the emph...

BACKGROUND A midwife is a medical professional who has a nursing license, and is also licensed as a midwife with one additional year of education. In this globalization era, a midwife's role is increasing in importance for women and children's health care worldwide. PURPOSE The primary purpose was to analyze midwifery education programs in Korea and other nations. The secondary purpose was to...

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BY CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON IRANIAN NURSES’ EXPERIENCES Jamileh Farokhzadian, Fariba Borhani, Batool Poorchangizi, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri. Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Nursing Ethics, Medical Ethics and law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti Univ...