The purpose of this essay is to reflect on and discuss midwifery continuity of care and my personal experience of participating in the Continuity of Care Experience. This essay will evaluate benefits and challenges of continuity of care and I will provide details of my personal experience. I will relate this to professional codes and standards for midwifery care in Australia and reflect on what I have learned that I will take with me into my future practice as a midwife working within a continuity of care model.
Midwifery continuity of care is encompassed in the framework of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board’s National competency standards for the midwife (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), 2006). The overarching framework …show more content…
Students are required to ‘recruit’ pregnant women and attend a number of antenatal appointments, labour and birth (if possible), as well as postnatal appointments as per their particular university course requirements (McLachlan, 2013). Students are also required to submit a written reflection discussing their learning experience (Sweet and Glover, 2011 cited in McLachlan, 2013).
I, the author, am a midwifery student currently participating in an accredited midwifery course in Australia. My course requires me to participate in 20 Continuity of Care Experiences with women. Throughout this essay I will offer a personal reflection of my thoughts and feelings regarding this program and the effect it had on me as a student and future …show more content…
I was not able to be available to my family at a level that I feel is acceptable and there were times that both my family and my mental health suffered. For example, one morning I attended birth suite for clinical placement and throughout the day a woman I work with through the Continuity of Care Experience arrived at the birth suite in labour. This particular day was the day of my youngest son’s school fair. The fair started at
Midwifery continuity of care is encompassed in the framework of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board’s National competency standards for the midwife (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), 2006). The overarching framework …show more content…
Students are required to ‘recruit’ pregnant women and attend a number of antenatal appointments, labour and birth (if possible), as well as postnatal appointments as per their particular university course requirements (McLachlan, 2013). Students are also required to submit a written reflection discussing their learning experience (Sweet and Glover, 2011 cited in McLachlan, 2013).
I, the author, am a midwifery student currently participating in an accredited midwifery course in Australia. My course requires me to participate in 20 Continuity of Care Experiences with women. Throughout this essay I will offer a personal reflection of my thoughts and feelings regarding this program and the effect it had on me as a student and future …show more content…
I was not able to be available to my family at a level that I feel is acceptable and there were times that both my family and my mental health suffered. For example, one morning I attended birth suite for clinical placement and throughout the day a woman I work with through the Continuity of Care Experience arrived at the birth suite in labour. This particular day was the day of my youngest son’s school fair. The fair started at