Midwifery

writing, using body language especially eye contact. The aim of this essay is to discuss about the importance of providing a high standard of communication while practicing nursing especially while interacting with the patients. The Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct (2015) states that you must communicate clearly and effectively in English by using terms that are easy to understand, take reasonable steps to meet people language communication needs and consider cultural…

According to The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal (OCT, 2014, pg. 6) the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick stated that “Gender stereotyping, industry and occupational segregation, caring responsibilities, discrimination and under-representation of women in leadership positions, particularly in male-dominated industries, are among the key factors contributing to lower wages among female workers”(Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 2014). Data collected from 1994 to…

1. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) defines “unsatisfactory professional conduct” as a breach of the following standards: conduct below reasonable standards, contravention of national law or regulations, contravention of conditions of registration, contravention of health care complaint act, accepting benefits regarding to referrals, services, or products, supervision of assistants, and other improper ethical conducts (2013). As per Conyard (2015) the registered nurse (RN) was found…

Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) are a great addition to the medical world. This alternative grants individuals the ability to make their own decisions with their medical issues. By drawing on the authors Warren et al, Armstrong and Armstrong, the film Alternative Fix, and lectures by Shelley Z. Reuter, I can illustrate their main points regarding stakeholders, the private versus the public healthcare system and the struggle of CAMs within Sociology of Health and Medicine. All in…

Throughout his youth, Rush was constantly attending an institution of education. He writes in his autobiography entitled, A Memorial Containing Travels through Life or Sundry Incidents in the life of Dr. Benjamin Rush, that the first school he attended was a boarding school in Maryland where he received his general education. At the age of fifteen, Rush left the boarding school and began his college career at the College of New Jersey. While in New Jersey, he attended classes of philosophy and…

cares and disrepute the nursing profession. The definition of unsatisfactory professional conduct applies to the case study due to how nurse Heather Conyard treated her patient. This means that the nurse in the case has breached the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards of practice for all Registered nurses to abide by. The Australian National Board receives any reports of unsatisfactory professional conduct among nurse practitioners, and then they can decide to escalate it…

recognized as the gold standard for quality healthcare over the past decade (Linton & Prasun, 2013; Leung, Trevena & Waters, 2016). Every day, nurses need to make a huge amount of decisions about patients’ care and procedures. However, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) publishes the Registered nurse standards for practice 1.1, which requires the registered nurse to access, analyse and use the EBP for safe quality practice (NMBA, 2016). This essay will discuss that nurses are…

Women had gone from previously being invited to view and observe dissections in 1800 to being deemed incapable of even practicing midwifery just twenty years later. Allowing women to continue practicing midwifery, or any other form of independent healing, was thought to deprive male doctors of the experience they needed to be successful doctors. Although Martha’s life coincided with the time span of this idea, it had little…

How is Nursing in Australia different to nursing in Indonesia? Australia and Indonesia have vastly different standards and systems in place for Health care workers. Both have varied approaches to how they educate students and how they keep a record of nurses’ skill level and history. This directly impacts the quality of care given by nurses to patients with Australia being far more advanced and efficient in its approach towards healthcare. The main difference is that Australian nurses go…

The following is a case study involving a young pregnant women by the name of Kim. Kim is 17 years old and presenting to the local hospital for antenatal care. Please see appendix 1 for more information regarding Kim’s situation. This case study will identify risk factors that make Kim’s pregnancy complex and examine aspects of antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care provided to Kim, and later in the case study, her infant. Care options for Kim will be based on evidence-based practice. Kim…