Certified Nurse Midwives
Certified nurse-midwives specialize in providing holistic health care to woman across the lifespan. Education requirements for nurse midwives are rigorous reflecting the importance of this profession; preparing midwives for work in many settings from under-served communities to urban medical practices. Consequently, nurse midwives are prepared to provide care to women that differs from physicians in that midwifery inherently recognizes and nurtures the individual while providing prenatal, birth, newborn, gynecological, and primary care. Moreover, the care given by CNM’s has been proven to increase favorable maternal and fetal outcomes.
The History of Midwives in the United States Though midwives are represented historically throughout recorded history, and continue to be prevalent in most other countries, midwives in the United States were almost completely eradicated as physicians took birth from the home
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Nicholls, L., & Webb, C. (2006). What makes a good midwife? An integrative review of methodologically-diverse research. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 56(4), 414-429. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04026.x The article “What makes a good midwife? An integrative review of methodologically-diverse research” went over various pieces of evidence that determines what makes a good midwife. I found this article hard to follow, the information was confusing and seemed to be all over the place. The authors
in the health care arena, the primary objective is to deliver a safe and effective healthcare. To meet this objective, nurse and midwife practitioners have a task of obtaining and maintaining awareness and interest in research. This can, however, be daunting putting into consideration that health and social care keeps on changing and thus presenting variety of challenges and complexities. Some of these challenges include dealing with an aging population and also facing other age-related health concerns
Minkoff, 2011). Internationally, a majority of births take place in the home, with up to 80-95% in certain Asian and African countries (Fullerton et al., 2007). Unfortunately, the topic of home birth is divided between midwives and obstetricians. Based on the provider’s training, some midwives are prone to recommend home births, while obstetricians are against it. A majority of the debate concerns the importance of transportation from home to a birth center or hospital during birth, as well
information pertinent to the continued care of their patients (Pothier, Monteiro, Nooktlar et al. 2005). Methods of handover are varied, ranging from taped, verbal, by the bedside or with typed sheets. In 2010 there were 352,104 registered nurses, midwives and health visitors working in the NHS (RCN, 2011). All of these will partake in a handover of information on a regular basis, in hospitals this handover takes place at least twice day. In 2009/2010 there was 16,806,200 hospital stays in NHS
undergoing rapid changes, which are as well becoming complex. Preparing nurses balance these changes is a significant challenge. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report explored how nursing profession has to change to bring out a more solid health care system. As a result of these changes, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) decided to examine “Future of Nursing, Leading change and Advancing Health” (Creasia & Fribery, 2011). This paper will discuss the impact of the 2010 IOM report on nursing Education,
The Global Epidemic of Cesarean Surgery and the Feminist Movement Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland writes in a 2002 paper she presented to the XVIII European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, “There is an ongoing “epidemic” of cesarean sections in Asia and Latin America. This worldwide fad of obstetrical interventions may have a serious negative health impact on women. In contrast, the low rates observed in Africa reflect a lack of resources more than a consensus of providers. The commercial and litigation
quality care to women, their babies and their families as well. National Maternity Action Plan (NMAP) was established in 2010 to provide guidance for both midwives and student midwives to work effectively with the women and give the best quality of care to them. In Australia there are two mainly separation options of the maternity care. This paper will explain the two diverse models of maternity care including obstetric care and caseload midwifery care given to the women and their babies. How this
With out exception all qualified nurse must register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) each year, the NMC is a regulatory body, they measure and set standards of proficiency for nurses and midwives through their code of conduct, they also set standards for education and these standards come under theory and practice. Each nurse needs to accommodate these standards each year to be able to re-register with the NMC (NMC, 2014)
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basis for continuing professional development. Whereas, reflective reasoning is where a nurse can apply learning and insights of others into their own work. In nursing courses students learn through lecture and discussion, which is the primary method for teaching theoretical principles, but when you add a more complete understanding of the relationship between theory and practice one may become a more competent nurse. Awareness of issues and analysis of knowledge and feelings are some stages that are
Healthcare Career: Registered Nurse There are several titles you may receive when pursuing a degree in the nursing field Including advance practice nurses such as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. For this paper, we will examine the job title, for that of a registered nurse ADN only. This shall include a short definition of the occupation itself. Registered Nursing Definition Registered nurses treat patients in varying
Introduction According to the American Nurse Association, nursing has the second greatest job growth in all US professions. However, the number of nursing shortage is only increasing as the years go by. During the hard times that many Americans have been facing in this economy, there have been lots of nurses whom have been let go from their work field, have re-entered their field just so they can provide for their families, or even nursing students whom have felt discouraged from entering their field
the HSE (2012) stressed the need for CS to be available and utilised by all nurses to promote recovery values and principles in clinical practice. It asserts that the process of CS should continue throughout a person’s career. The organisation also asserts that CS should not be limited to individuals when they are only in the clinical practise; it should be promoted even in more advanced management positions, research sector or even education. All these assertions by the HSE are ingrained in nursing
This assignment aims to critically analyse a chosen nursing research article “Critical care patients’ experience of the helmet continuous positive airway pressure” by Dimech (2011) and was published in the Journal of Nursing in Critical Care (JNCC). It will examine both the strengths and limitations of the study by weighing various elements of the research undertaken and its value and implication for nursing practice. It will use a critiquing tool by (Ryan, 2007) (see Appendix 1). Evidence based
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