Midwifery

Research is vitally important in virtually every career. With new advancements in technology and new insight into policies and procedures, it is important that every profession keep up with current research. However, nowhere is current research more essential than in the healthcare field. It is not enough to simply read research; applications to practice must be considered and made. One of the topics of research that is of particular interest to nurses is bullying in the workplace. Bullying,…

evaluate outcomes and reflect on process are involved in the clinical reasoning cycle (Levett-Jones 2013). Nursing practice for registered nurses is guided both by National Competency Standard (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2006) and Nursing Practice Decision Flowchart (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2010) to challenge the medical assumptions…

Scientific discoveries have increased over the last decade, creating new solutions and some new ethical dilemmas. Genetic testing is a relatively new and rapidly emerging field (Fulda and Lykens, 2004) and has caused some ethics conversations over the past couple of years. Genetic testing is a form of a medical test that identifies changes in genes and or chromosomes. These tests are usually done because parents are curious whether or not their offspring will be a carrier or have a specific…

utilisation of knowledge (Department of Health (DoH), 2012). In the same way Compassion in Practice—a policy document directed to all nursing and midwifery staff—co-written by the Chief Nursing Officer for England, expects that nurses deliver evidence based care as well as improve the evidence available through continued research (DoH, 2012). The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), who act as the regulatory body for the profession, outline in the Code of Conduct that all nurses…

working along with collaboration contributed and at times hindered the overall outcome of the chosen experience. Pseudonyms will be used throughout this essay. Healthcare professionals have a duty of confidence towards service users. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have clear guidelines within the Code of Conduct (2008), this includes respecting a service users right to privacy and a professional responsibility on when and when not to disclose information. The Data Protection Act (1998)…

Person centred care (PCC) can be defined in many ways. This is due to people having a different perception on what they believe is person centred and it also depends on the type of setting the patient is in. A general definition of person centred care is ensuring that everyone treats others as they would want to be treated (Smit, Cronje, Brevis, & Vrba. 2007). However, within a care setting you often have to treat each patient differently in order to meet their own needs, desires and culture.…

of Health (DOH, 2007) state women who do not receive any antenatal education may be unable to make informed choice about treatment they wish to receive, approaching labour frightened and inexperienced of what to expect. DOH (2010) identify within Midwifery 2020 the importance of the midwifes role within antenatal education ensuring women receive…

7748/nm2004.07.11.4.26.c1985 since 2004 Facts of publication: The journal publication is sponsored by Nursing Management Current editor Elizabeth Curtis and Honor Nicholl Elizabeth Curtis and Honor Nicholl are lecturers at the school of nursing and midwifery studies at the Trinity College in the University of Dublin Current style manual: Specifications for submissions (page limit, format The six pages journal was first published in print in 1st July 2004 as a double blind peer…

The author, an associate professor of nursing and midwifery at Western Sydney University, developed a study to discover the reasons women involved in internet-facilitated peer-to-peer shared milk came to utilize it. Peer-to-peer milk sharing is the acceptance of breastmilk from a lactating woman in order to feed a child who is not her own in an informal manner. The study researches the question of why women would choose to use shared breastmilk to feed their children. Approval for this research…

accountabilities which would require evidence of a sufficing evidence base practice, responsibility and liability for practice, working in compliance with legislation affecting nursing practice for patient care, and securing patient’s rights. (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2010) In this particular scenario, the nursing staff who failed to obtain patient consent before proceed the nursing procedure would not satisfy the section 1 and 2 of professional practice on the National…