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Stage 1: Self Awareness A common question I get asked frequently is: “Why do you want to be a midwife?” There are never-ending reasons why I would love to become a nurse or a midwife. I want to be a people’s person, being able to be there for those in needs of my presence. Only after years being in the nursing industry, have I finally realise what I am worthy to become. I want to be a midwife as it is practical and spiritually meaningful to work with women, assisting them through ongoing…

Synovial cysts arising from the intraspinal facet joint can directly cause thecal sac or nerve root compression. They are increasingly cited as a major source of spinal instability and mechanical back pain. In this case, we report a 51-year-old woman who has been treated conservatively for a unilateral synovial cyst for 15 months. She then presented with an acute exacerbation of lower back pain, neurogenic claudication and lower extremity weakness. Her magnetic resonance (MR) studies showed new…

Adult acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) is characterized as a neurological communication disorder that demonstrates an impaired ability to plan or program motor movements necessary for speech (Davis, Farias, & Baynes, 2009). AOS is supraotentorial in nature and typically occurs in the left hemisphere (Duffy, 2013). Localization of AOS occurs in the dominant hemisphere’s structures and pathways that are responsible for the planning and programming of speech movements. The plan is what (i.e., motor…

S"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman. Compare and contrast traditional Hmong birthing practices with those in the United States. When comparing and contrasting the United States’ birthing practices to the Hmong ways, one will discover a significant variation between the list of similarities and the list of differences. The term “midwife” has the same meaning in both cultures, which is one who examines, assists, and evaluates pregnant women. They are known to have expertise…

Sandall, Soltani, Gates, Shennan and Devane’s (2015) review of midwifery care revealed several benefits for women and babies involved in midwifery led care including a reduction in use of epidurals, fewer episiotomies or instrumental births, less likely to experience preterm birth or lose their baby before 24 weeks gestation. To ensure the safe practice of midwifery leading to satisfactory outcomes for the woman, the NMBA (2008) require midwives…

The creation of a baby is God’s miracle to all of us. We hear from a mother’s point of view of what goes on with her body and see pictures of the baby through ultrasounds, but have you ever learned in detail what goes on? Like when does the baby’s nose form or the eyes? Conception to death is full of mysteries for all of us to figure out on our own. The understanding of human development is crucial growing up. Human development is “defined as the process of enlarging people’s freedoms…

I. Introduction Born in the 1960s, Carolyn grew up in a time of changing contemporary standards concerning female sexuality and feminism. The culture in which she was raised informed many behavioral decisions she made throughout mate selection, pregnancy and childrearing. With little ability to compare her own female experiences to those of her somewhat absent mother, Carolyn worked closely with her father, husband and friends to inform herself on life changes she would have to make to…

Discovery What we know today as “lidocaine” was discovered by two Swedish chemists, Nils Löfgren and Bengt Lundqvist, in 1942. Hans v. Euler was investigating genes and enzymes that were related to barley. He then isolated gramine, which was an indole. Erdtman then synthesized the isogramine and found that it had weak anesthetic properties. Then, Erdtman and Löfgren synthesized amino amides but nothing was better than the existing ester-type anesthetic. Some time later, Löfgren and Lundqvist…

Postnatal period is the Latin word which means “After birth”. It starts immediately after birth and last for six weeks. Postnatal period usually referred as fourth stage of pregnancy. Canadian women spend 2 days in hospital after normal vaginal birth. After C-section, hospital stay is for 3-4 days (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2009). Nurse must be competent enough in caring for both mother and infant and teaches information in short time. Nurse starts preparing mother and family in immediate…

Every woman experiences labor and birth differently, but the act is unique and life-changing. After a long process of holding a baby inside the womb, moving into labor can be an overwhelming event filled with many different emotions. But with the encouragement of friends and loved ones the process can be alleviated. All the contractions and movements of the body influence the yielding for the path of the baby through the birth canal. In this paper the four stages of labor and birth are covered,…