Gender Disparity In Healthcare

Providing an effective care and support to the patient and for their babies during labour

Annika the Doula is a full-service doula agency that is located in Northeast, Minneapolis. Annika the Doula is serving the Twin Cities metro area. Their doula services include 2 prenatal visits, unlimited prenatal phone, text and e-mail support, continuous emotional, physical and informational support during the client’s labor, 1-2 postpartum visits, and placenta encapsulation. Annika is a DONA-certified birth doula.

Elena Vogel is a birth doula and lactation consultant that is located in Los Angeles, California. Her birth doula services include 2-3 prenatal visits, prenatal binder, unlimited phone/email support, 24 hour on call availability, labor support at the time of the birth, assistance with initial breastfeeding, plus more. Elena Vogel also conducts 2-3 postpartum visits. Elena Vogel is a certified birth doula through DONA International. Since 2002, she has assisted more than 300 births at hospitals, homes, and birth-centers. Elena Vogel has become a certified lactation educator in 2005. Elena Vogel is also home birth midwife assistant. Thus, she has attended a myriad of home deliveries since 2005. In the spring of 2011, Elena Vogel then completed

Northeast Doulas is a full-service doula agency that is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their doula package includes an interview with the doula to make sure they'd be a good fit, 1-2 prenatal visits to talk about their plans, the client’s "dream birth", help with any fears the client may have surrounding labor, and to make sure the client’s partner feels comfortable with the doula’s presence, plus more. The principal of Northeast Doulas, Megan Sharbono is a certified birth doula, certified lactation educator counselor, and certified placenta preparer.

Pregnant mothers are viewed as a business made for doctors and hospitals as insurances typically cover infant birth and hospital bills. As Patricia Burkhardt, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Midwifery Program could not speak the truth any better, she states, “Hospitals are a business. They want those beds filled and emptied. They don’t want women hanging around the labor room.”

• Nurse-midwives (NM) – obstetrics and gynecology primary care that encompasses both pre and post natal in both traditional medical locations as well as home health settings

Pursuing a career as a Certified Nurse Midwife(CNM) is an excellent educational avenue to take for any nurse with a specialized interest in labor and delivery. It is a profession centered around providing individualized care to women and their reproductive needs. A Midwife offers a holistic approach to medicine by eliminating unnecessary medical interventions in the hopes of achieving a natural customized birthing experience. The topics that will be covered in this research paper include a definition of the position, qualities they should possess and their role as a healthcare provider, academic qualifications, where they can work, other healthcare professionals they work with, and the overall job outlook and salary. “When a woman births, not only is a baby being born but so is a mother.

The midwives role is not to deliver the baby. Their role is to be a

This author has chosen the question, “In low-risk pregnant women does the presence of a professional doula, to support the woman when laboring, provide improved maternal outcomes versus utilizing only family support as evidenced by patient satisfaction?” for the focus in her capstone project. The following questions will be answered in regard to each article: 1) How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified, 2) Does each article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit? 3) What are example(s) of morbidity, mortality, and rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population? 4) Does each article support your proposed change? Following a literature search the author has selected 15 articles for review, which will be outline in this paper and

Fall in Love With the Career, Nurse Midwifery In the United States, the official definition of a certified nurse midwife is an advanced practice registered nurse in nurse midwifery, the care of women across their lifespan, including pregnancy and the postpartum period, and woman care and birth control. I have chosen this profession as the

The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum

As a society, why should we care if babies are born in the hospital or with a midwife? As technologically advanced as the United States is, we rank 29th in infant mortality. Even more shocking is that 99% of all births in the US take place in the hospital (Kluger, 2009). These numbers are staggering. Modern medicine should be eliminating most of these risks but looking at the statistics there is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to birth experience. Why should we care about using a midwife? The United States needs to decrease the numbers of infant deaths and the key component is using more midwifes.

Not only is the midwife guiding their patients through pregnancy and answering calls anytime of the day- day and night, but a midwife need to be able to communicate and work with everyone who is associated with the patient during the pregnancy. For example, a pregnant woman would need to see a nurse for basic patient care. If something goes wrong during the delivery (child birth) she would need to go to a surgeon- where they'll perform a C section. A social worker and an administrator would be needed to do all the paperwork such as the social security and birthday certificate. For the first few weeks, the baby needs to see a pediatrician.

Midwifes give the expecting mother a choice. Evidence shows that women who are choosing to seek care from a midwife do it not only for the reasons of wanting to approach childbirth in a natural way, but also because midwives let you take control of the situation- with limitations obviously. Having choice and control over your pregnancy is empowering and will usually give you a wonderful birthing experience. When a mother has a good birthing experience it will allow the mother and child to have a better relationship and will allow her to look forward to her next pregnancy. In comparisons to a doctor, a midwife allows the expecting mother to have informed choice, flexibility and choice. When a woman gets pregnant they create a birthing plan,

Within this model, the obstetrician is the sole caregiver of the childbearing woman. Obstetricians have more of a reductionistic approach focusing primarily on delivery of the newborn. The expectant mother attends prenatal visits and checkups in an office where she meets with her obstetrician briefly and is provided limited options regarding the birthing process (Symon et al., 2016). These limitations include the environment of the delivery room or the number of individuals present. The obstetrician care model also implicates different healthcare workers throughout the different stages of labor. Nursing care plays an important role throughout a women’s pregnancy in obstetrician-led model (Symon et al., 2016). Nurses are focused on the comfort of the patient, educating the patient, and communicating to the obstetrician for the patient. Whereas midwives are the primary source of direct communication in making sure the needs of the woman are met. Exposure of the obstetrician-led care model and the midwife-led care model can result in an array of maternal and fetal