might be associated with both hospital and home births This essay discusses the perceived advantages and disadvantages associated with both hospital and home births. It explores the history‚ modern day trends and the costs behind each birth environment and focuses on the health and safety aspects of caesareans and epidurals. Giving birth in a hospital is by far the most popular choice of expectant couples in the UK‚ with around 94% of women choosing to give birth in an NHS maternity unit (CQC
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the mother‚ one of the most important things is bringing the baby out from the womb safely into the world. The majority of women choose to birth their children in hospitals with doctors‚ mainly because it is believed that hospitals are the safest environment to birth a child. Others‚ decide to stick to what they consider a more natural option: at home births with midwives. Whatever the situation may be‚ the mothers have their child’s best interest at hand. The fact of the matter is‚ no matter how
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during the antenatal‚ intrapartum and postnatal period’s .This involves working in close partnership with women to enable the provision of all necessary support‚ care and guidance (ICM‚ 2011). The midwife also has the important task of providing woman -centred care whilst always striving to promote normal birth (midwifery 20 20). The royal college of midwives (RCM‚ 2010a) describes normal childbirth as one where a woman begins‚ continues and completes labour physiologically at term without intervention
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babies in the same room as the mother after delivery rather than placing the babies in the nursery. Certified Nurse Midwives were advocates for mothers to breastfeed their babies instead of formula feeding which was being taught to the mothers by hospitals during specific time periods (Rooks‚ 2014). Certified nurse midwives significantly impact the nursing profession. These advanced practice nurses can utilize the skills and knowledge they possess to educate others whether it be at nursing schools
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Tram Anh Lara Ramsey English 101 – 0678 4.16.2013 Comparing and Contrasting between Certified Nurse-Midwife and Certified Midwife Every profession has its own beauty. Nursing is a professional industry with responsibility for important tasks in medical systems. For a long time‚ professional "nurses"‚ especially midwife nurses‚ were considered low-status; they usually did the extra work as assistants in the army. They helped with cleaning‚ cooking‚ laundry‚ etc .. . A 2012 research by Marjie
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How does the midwife confirm that a pregnant woman is in good health? Discuss the assessment of physical wellbeing of the woman and what the midwife does when there are deviations from the normal health for the woman. Contents Introduction 3 The Role of the Midwife in Antenatal Care 4 First Antenatal Booking Visit 6 Return Antenatal Visits 7 Normal Values and Deviations from Normal 9 Signs of Deterioration 10 Recognition of acute critical illness in pregnancy 13 Conclusion 15
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and the enormous impact a midwife can make to a mother’s time during pregnancy. By being the eldest child I have become an extremely mature person. I have taken multiple Skype courses on how to deal with infant loss and have completed an aspiring midwife study day which gave me a clear insight
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The Role of The Mentor The word ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’. Midwives are specialists in normal pregnancy and birth‚ and the midwife’s role is to look after a pregnant woman and her baby throughout the antenatal period‚ during labour and birth‚ and for up to 28 days after the baby has been born. A midwife must be able to care for women throughout pregnancy‚ birth‚ and during the postnatal period‚ as well as care for newborn babies. She must be able to detect problems‚ summon medical help
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The career I chose was a nurse midwife. Tasks of being a midwife are to monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat‚ taking external uterine measurements‚ identifying fetal position‚ estimating fetal size and weight‚ initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients‚ provide prenatal intrapartum‚ postpartum‚ or newborn care to patients‚ explain procedures to patients‚ etc.The career cluster the nurse midwife is in is health science‚ along with many other careers. Health science
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as a Midwife has grown as it is something that’s always drew my attention. I feel that this career would be rewarding and will open a gateway of opportunities for my future. I am a confident student who possesses good team work and excellent communication skills. It is unusual in this day and age to have 6 siblings‚ but this is my background. I have therefore come into contact with Midwives and other professionals that work together as a multi-agency team. My fascination with pregnancy‚ birth and
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