Child Bereavement and Subsequent Parenting: some key ideas for postnatal support Rebekah Wells - Self-employed maternity nurse and former NHS midwife, SE England and London Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 2 February 2020 The birth of any baby...
Creating and Sharing Digital Stories: Bringing together the art and science of midwifery through assessment Prof Susan Way – Professor of Midwifery Education at Bournemouth University Harley Reed – Third Year Student Midwife at Bournemouth University at time of writing Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 11 December 2019 Innovation and creativity are key skills that […]
Hearing Women’s Voices: A student midwife’s reflection on calls to Ireland’s Liveline programme and what we can learn Eavan Brennan – First Year Student Midwife at University of Limerick, Ireland Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 9 October 2019 In the early part of April 2019, Liveline – an Irish national talk radio programme – […]
Latent Phase of Labour in a Freestanding Midwifery Unit Kate Ashforth – Midwife at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Marie Naish – Midwife Lecturer at University of Southampton Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 8 September 2019 This descriptive service evaluation aimed to explore the latent phase of labour, as experienced by two women who birthed […]
‘Living with Intimate Partner Violence’: A Literature Review of Pregnant Women’s Experiences Niamh Curran – Midwife, University Hospital Waterford Sunita Panda – Midwife and PhD student, Trinity College Dublin Cecily Begley – Chair of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin and University of Gothenburg, Sweden Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 20 Issue 7 July/August […]
Midwifery Basics: Becoming A Midwife: 2. Professionalism, Public Confidence And Course Application Jancis Shepherd – Lead Midwife for Education at University of West London Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 19 Issue 11 December 2016 Summary In this second article of the series, Jancis Shepherd considers why professionalism is an issue in maintaining public confidence, […]
Women’s Lived Experiences of Domestic Violence During Pregnancy: Part 1 Kathleen Baird – Senior Midwifery Lecturer in the Family and Maternity Unit at Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Australia Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 18 Issue 3 March 2015 Summary This paper reports on a qualitative study, which explored women’s experiences of domestic violence […]
Time’s Up! Women’s Experience of Induction of Labour Nicky Gammie – Midwife at Borders General Hospital Susan Key – Senior Lecturer and Lead Midwife for education at Edinburgh Napier University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 17 Issue 4 April 2014 Summary Induction of labour is a common obstetric intervention in the UK, occurring in […]
Friends and Family Test: Providing Feedback on Our Services Jacque Gerrard – Royal College of Midwives Director for England Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 17 Issue 2 February 2014 Summary The maternity Friends and family test (FFT) in England offers midwives some insight into how women and their families feel about local maternity care […]
Midwifery supervision: 4. Clinical Governance Rachel Jokhi – Midwifery Lecturer and a supervisor of midwives at the University of Sheffield Published in the Practising Midwife Volume 17 Issue 1 January 2014 Summary Midwifery supervision is the 13th series of ‘Midwifery basics’ targeted at practising midwives. The aim of these articles is to provide information to […]
