Discuss the advantages and disadvantages that you perceive 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
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Traditionally‚ childbirth has emphasized the joy of bringing a new life into the world. However‚ with the McDonaldization of healthcare‚ childbirth seems to be more about standardization over nature. Hospitals have begun to copy procedural ideas of major corporations and childbirth has begun to be centred on efficiency‚ predictability and control. To generate more money‚ hospitals have placed focus on efficiency‚ taking a woman through childbirth as quickly as possible. As a result‚ standard‚ predictable
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Doctors! Doctors have been around for centuries with all different techniques. The Renaissance is known as the “rebirth” in French‚ the rebirth of classical art‚ literature‚ and science. Science during the renaissance was seen in the odds of many. Medical practices during the renaissance were absurd however‚ many couldn’t afford it or they did not believe in doctors because they believed they were evil. During this period of time due to the lack of hygiene and a proper system like today’s world
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Admission cardiotocography This essay will demonstrate evidence for the midwifery management of admission cardiotocography (CTG) and how this affects women’s choice. Fetal heart monitoring has been practised for centuries. The first person to document the fetal beat was Phillipe LeGaust in 1650 placing the ear directly to the abdomen of the pregnant woman. In the UK‚ Ferguson was the first person to describe it in 1827. In 1976‚ the French physician Dr. A. Pinard designed the fetal stethoscope
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Reasons Women Dominated the Colonial American Field of Midwifery By Abigail Raposo If one was to place countries on a list based on the amount of deaths that occur at the birth of every child‚ with one being the lowest amount of deaths‚ the United States would be ranked fifty-five. This can be determined by looking at such a list compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency. At a glance‚ this seems strangely low. However‚ at only .617 percent of births resulting in a child’s death‚ it is not nearly
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A constructive critique of the research into women’s experiences of becoming a mother after prolonged labour. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) state in their code of conduct state that nursing and midwifery care must be evidence or best practise based. Therefore it is essential that students are able to analyse and critique research papers in order to determine the validity of the study and to apply theories to practise. This essay intends to critique and analyse the research paper‚ in
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Guidance on professional conduct For nursing and midwifery students 1 We are the nursing and midwifery regulator for England‚ Wales‚ Scotland‚ Northern Ireland and the Islands. • We exist to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public. • We set the standards of education‚ training and conduct that nurses and midwives need to deliver high quality healthcare consistently throughout their careers. • We ensure that nurses and midwives keep their skills and knowledge up to date and uphold the
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This essay will discussed the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the responsibility of the student nurse. The nursing and midwifery council is a statutory body which governs and regulates nurses and midwives in England‚ Wales‚ Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was established by parliament under the nursing and midwifery order 2001 and came into being on 1st of April 2008 (www.nmc-uk.org). The NMC is accountable‚ through the privy council to parliament and the general public (www.nmc-uk.org
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standards enforced by The ANMC Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (2006) in order to obtain and practice as a registered midwife in Australia. Competency 4 states Midwives should “promote safe and effective practice” (ANMC‚ 2006)‚ this is achievable by providing Midwifery continuity of care to women and there babies. Continuity of care has numerous health and satisfaction benefits to the woman‚ family and newborn (Lavender et al. 2002). Midwifery led care emerged in the UK in the early 1990s in
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Psychosocial Aspects of Midwifery Care MW2222 Practicing midwives in our healthcare system today need to have an understanding of political and social factors of their practice in order to provide optimum service for the women and families in their care. The psychosocial needs of the individual should be considered‚ and midwives should contemplate external factors that may affect the woman’s health‚ pregnancy‚ outcome and their home lives. This is why the whole picture of a woman’s life should
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