Student Midwives: Supporting Physical Activity Uptake in Pregnancy Kristie Fisher (she/her) – Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Brighton University Tania Staras – Principal Midwifery Lecturer, Brighton University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 27 Issue 2 March 2024, Pages 30-33 https://doi.org/10.55975/RERI1164 Summary For healthy pregnant women, exercise, defined as physical activity (PA), is a safe and effective […]
Perinatal Mental Health Skills: Teaching and Learning Activities for Midwifery Students
Perinatal Mental Health Skills: Teaching and Learning Activities for Midwifery Students Kathryn Solanki (she/her) – Subject Coordinator Perinatal Mental Health, University of Technology Sydney Georgia Brown – Lecturer Practitioner in Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney Deborah Fox – Associate Professor in Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 02 Issue […]
Barriers Faced by Refugee Women and Birthing People Accessing UK Perinatal Mental Health Services
Barriers Faced by Refugee Women and Birthing People Accessing UK Perinatal Mental Health Services Emilie Janssen – Digital Lead Co-Editor Social @emilieejanssen Kalina Shah – Service Manager & In Person Coach Social @kalinafitness Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 06-09 DOI: https://doi.org//10.55975/PQNY1935 Introduction Refugee women and birthing people are […]
NMC Series: The Role of The Midwife in Caring for Women with Additional Needs
NMC Series: The Role of The Midwife in Caring for Women with Additional Needs Dr Jacqui Williams – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Social @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Page 11 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/NKQT3184 Introduction In our standards of proficiency for midwives published in 2019¹ there was a clear shift […]
Role of the Clinical Research Midwife
Role of the Clinical Research Midwife Rebecca Daley (she/her) – Lecturer in Midwifery Education, King’s College London Claire Singh (she/her) – Lecturer in Midwifery Education, King’s College London Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 16-17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/BENQ6000 Summary Welcome to our new series highlighting career pathways for midwives. Clinical […]
Exploring the Impact of Raised BMI in Pregnancy
Exploring the Impact of Raised BMI in Pregnancy Rachel Barnes (she/her) – Student Midwife, University of Central Lancashire, Pre-registration Midwifery BSc Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 20-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/BVFP9231 Summary Despite public health initiatives to encourage a healthy lifestyle, obesity levels continue to rise, with more than half […]
Factors Influencing Postgraduate Student Midwives Clinical Experience
Factors Influencing Postgraduate Student Midwives Clinical Experience Leasa Murphy – Midwifery Clinical Placement Co-ordinator, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth Twitter @LeasaMurphy Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 26 Issue 10 November 2023, Pages 40-44 https://doi.org/10.55975/YLDQ8694 Summary Postgraduate student midwives are a unique cohort of students with many factors influencing their clinical placement […]
Supporting Autonomous Birthing Beyond Guidelines
Supporting Autonomous Birthing Beyond Guidelines Elli Blackwell (she/her) – Student Midwife, Birmingham City University Twitter @elli_studentmw Jessica James-Hill (she/her) – Homebirth Midwife, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Samuel Todd (he/him) – Lead for Professional Practice and A-EQUIP, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 […]
NMC Series: Care in Labour and Birth
NMC Series: Care In Labour And Birth Dr Jacqui Williams – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Nursing and Midwifery Council Twitter @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2023, Page 15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/NXHT5302 In January 2020 the UK left the EU, and the NMC took the opportunity to review our standards which […]
Facing Fear: A First-Year Student Midwife’s Perspective
Facing Fear: A First-Year Student Midwife’s Perspective Rachel Fucella (she/her) – Student Midwife, University of Birmingham Twitter @raebae12 Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2023, Pages 06-09 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/XRZK1004 Introduction Fear. It is one of the most gripping and visceral of human emotions. But what place, if any, does fear have […]