Midwifery

Personal experience sparked my fascination for midwifery. As a women having children was always in my thoughts, for now to be my greatest achievement. Midwifery meets all my wanted requirements in life, knowing how overwork and under staffed this medical profession is has given me more motivation and drive to help towards society. To give parent/s guidance, support and advise to looking after themselves and baby throughout pregnancy to post-natal would give them the best start to happy and healthy

not only defined by assisting women in childbirth. The general dictionary definition are the misconception of how people view midwives. Being a midwife means to be ‘with women’ and this leads the construction of the midwifery philosophy, Page (2006) 5 steps and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) competency standards, in order to provide the best women centred care (Australia Collage of Midwives, 2017). This essay will cover a constructive overview of what Page (2006) 5 steps of being

Midwifery in rural Ghana Across the enormous continent of Africa, there are a myriad of birth practices, customs, and traditions. From spiritual ceremonies, consumption of certain fruits, blessing ways to having supportive birthing assistants are some of the very common and important customs from African countries, especially Ghana. One of the oldest and most widely recognized customs is midwifery. Midwifery is the act of assisting women and their families before, during, and after childbirth. Moreover

successfully completed a nationally recognized midwifery education program, is qualified for registration, and competent to practice in midwifery. As a midwifery student, I will explore the philosophies of this profession whilst working with my first continuity of care experience woman and her family. In this essay, I will examine the roles of the midwife, the scope of the practice for midwives and midwifery students, and search the value of the midwifery partnership and the importance of the woman

When I first encountered midwifery in England, during my own pregnancy through kind and compassionate midwives who empowered me, I instantly knew that it was a career I wanted to pursue. I am currently in my final year of a BSc Midwifery 3 year’s degree course at Middlesex University London. I am completing my clinical placement at the Royal Free Hospital, which is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. On my journey of becoming a registered midwife, I firstly gained experience working

Midwifery offers such a meaningful opportunity to support women and their families during one of the most important times in their lives. My interest in midwifery is something that I feel has grown with me throughout my life experiences; one of the most influential experiences that has driven me to pursue a career where I can support and care for women was my sister’s traumatic experience of a molar pregnancy and several miscarriages. Having the privilege of supporting my sister through three beautiful

Outline Thesis Statement: Nurse Midwife; one who prepares the mother for birth, delivers the newborns for low risk patients, and provides care for the newborn and mother after the birth; is a career I wish to pursue due to the salary, educational requirements, and the work environment. Choice Description Work Environment Duties Required Skills Negative/Positive Aspects Important Qualities Education High School Undergraduate Graduate Income Salary Outlook Future Pursuit Nurse Midwife; one

To truly imbody the philosophy of midwifery and ability to be with women and their whanau, a midwife’s practice must imbody the underpinning threads of midwifery. She must retain midwifery wisdom, scientific knowledge and acknowledgement of evidence based practice to recognise the abnormal and a midwives scope of practice (New Zealand College of Midwives, 2007). Normality throughout a woman’s childbearing continum needs to be promoted and facilitated, but a midwife must also be able to recognise

Midwifery in rural Ghana Across the enormous continent of Africa, there are a myriad of birth practices, customs, and traditions. From spiritual ceremonies, consumption of certain fruits, blessing ways to having supportive birthing assistants are some of the very common and important customs from African countries, especially Ghana. One of the oldest and most widely recognized customs is midwifery. Midwifery is the act of assisting women and their families before, during, and after childbirth. Moreover

Midwifery has not always been shown in a positive light, back in the 1900s, midwives became the recipients of attack by male physicians for the supposed high rates of infant and maternal mortality, coined as ‘the midwife problem’ (Hunter: 2016). In the 19th century, midwifery became prominent within medical institutions, but were regarded as ‘pathological mothers’ (Hunter: 2016, 66). Interestingly, within this time frame, not only were woman who had home births viewed as pathological, but also the