Midwifery

INTRODUCTION Continuity of care is an essential objective promoted in nursing practice (Messam and Pettifer, 2009) and the indispensable component in achieving an effective transfer of patient’s care between health practitioners are often referred to as clinical handover (Evan et al., 2012). The term ‘handover’ is acknowledged as a moment of making a significant transition in maintaining patients’ continuity of care which involves a process whereby a patient is ‘handed over’ from one clinician…

Midwifery embraces the reproductive rights of women and instead of limiting the decisions that mothers should be able to make when it comes to their birthing experience, they open up the doors to many options available to the mother without the use of medical interventions. Unlike doctors in hospitals, midwives provide extensive one-on-one health care education and counseling, as well as engage in shared decision-making with their clients and patients. The decision to determine when, where and…

Introduction Jean Watson developed a human caring grand theory in the 1970s. In 1991, Swanson proposed her middle range theory consisting of five caring processes. Swanson’s Theory of Caring defines caring as the ways to nurture and value other people’s feelings, thus, showing a sense of commitment and responsibility. The theory supports the claim that care is the central phenomenon in the nursing field but is not necessarily unique to the practice. Swanson’s Theory of Caring put more effort…

Lippman’s theory is critiqued by Dorothy Wertz and John Fletcher in “A Critique of Some Feminist Challenges to Prenatal Diagnosis” as they believe that Lippman presents a very feminist perspective and lacks the consideration of others in the decisions involving prenatal testing. Wertz and Fletcher question the idea that abortion after prenatal diagnosis is “ethically more problematic than abortion of a healthy fetus for even the most “frivolous” reason” (Wertz and Fletcher 412). Lippman shows a…

A stakeholder in healthcare is a person or group that play a role in a person or communities health (Deaunno, Alexander & Jiang 2017, p. 100). Stakeholders in healthcare can be big groups that make alliances such as healthcare providers, employers, companies and healthcare agencies and consumer groups (Deaunno, Alexander & Jiang 2017, p. 100). Multidisciplinary teams in healthcare provide a holistic coordinated care to assist a person’s treatment and recovery (Muir-Cochrane, Barkway & Nizette…

verify instead of relying on word of mouth of other medical and nursing staff on the ward. Thirdly, I would feel obligated to recognise when an unsafe situation is unfolding and report the risk to avoid any future near misses as per the Nursing and Midwifery standards (2016). In addressing the broader issues that would need to be consider fostering a hospital culture that encourages thorough drug checking, encourages education on proper drug protocols, and is seen to view medication errors as a…

Recommendations (Proposed change) The findings of this literature review demonstrate that a variety of factors have influenced adherence towards HAART. The use of critical analysis and CASP tools to the chosen 10 articles has addressed a number of weaknesses and strengths for each article, and has projected two consistent themes; complexity of drug regimens and symptom experiences of HARRT. As previously discussed and outlined (see appendix 3), the evidence within both themes is of good quality,…

The NMC ‘set standards of education, training, conduct and performance’ in order for midwives and nurses to work to these standards therefore producing high quality care. The nursing and midwifery council created the code, a professional code of conduct that all nurses and midwifes should endorse. The NMC is really important during a nursing career from student to employee as they set professional requirements. This can be shown through four…

The University of Pennsylvania Medical School was founded in 1765 and from the time of its inception, the university was clearly a model based off of the organization and course of instruction at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. The University of Edinburgh Medical School located in Edinburgh, Scotland was founded in 1726. These two schools both required that in order to graduate, a student must submit a dissertation, or final thesis paper, on a topic of their choosing. Most students…

taking up further training and react differently if the situation where to occur again (Jasper, 2006). We as professionals have a duty in which we must complete continuing professional development in order to retain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Previously qualified nurses followed the PREP CPD Standard, however effective as of April 2016 a new legislation known as Revalidation will replace this. The Revalidation guidelines state that a minimum of five written accounts…