Midwifery

Describe your professional goals and reasons for seeking the master 's degree in the identified specialty. I was 14 years old sitting on my couch in my living room watching TLC a baby story; My mother was in the kitchen cooking dinner. I remember my mother calling me “Rachelle! It’s time for dinner!” Despite hearing my mother call me several times, my focus had been primarily on watching the TV. I was so amazed by the miracle of life. I remember thinking, Wow, that was the most incredible thing…

important to be careful of what you post regarding to what happens with your patients, good or bad. “While it pays to be cautious in use of social media, nurses and midwives should not be afraid to embrace it as a means of talking about nursing and midwifery issues, as well as union issues. You should ‘like’, ‘share’, and ‘retweet’ articles and information you find interesting, and you think your friends and colleagues may find interesting too. Remember to exercise the usual caution around…

Crohn’s Disease is a systemic autoimmune disorder progressively rising in the United States. People of all ages are affect. But, it seems to be more dominant in people between the ages of 14 – 35, including those that smoke cigarettes, family members with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Jewish descent. Crohn’s disease is chronic, causing abnormal inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, affecting the end of the small intestine to the beginning of large intestine. It affects the…

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, and accounts for nearly one-quarter of all maternal deaths (World Health Organization, 2012). Unfortunately, resulting in the most significant birth complications, and research has found that incidences are increasing (Ford, Shand, & Roberts, 2013). A major cause of PPH is uterine atony and the prolongation of third stage (Kashanian, Fekrat, Masoomi, & Ansari, 2010). Consequentially, active…

Additionally, the group meetings provided members with the opportunity to discuss issues arising as well as brainstorming on how best to improve practice. In line with the guidelines provided by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015), nurses are required to reflect on their practice regularly to ensure that they improve on their current and future practice. This essay will use the Driscoll model (2007) to help think about practice relating to areas identified…

Introduction For many centuries, cranberries have been the focus of interest owing to their beneficial effects in preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). Cranberry juice has been used to treat UTI by natives of North America since 1683 (Dan et al, 2004). American Indians used the berries to treat kidney and bladder ailments, calm nerves and draw poison from arrow wounds. American mariners and whalers consumed cranberries to deter scurvy while on voyages in high seas (Yu, 2011). The term…

Concept Mapping as a Teaching Strategy Angela L. Dobbie Eastern Michigan University Concept Mapping as a Teaching Strategy Nurse educators are challenged with the task of not only providing basic information to their students, but they are also designated the responsibility of teaching their students to critically think. All while being aware of different learning styles and installing self-confidence in their students. Gone are the days of simply lecturing to a group of students and…

breach in the evidence base about how to carry out a flexible, customized stop smoking service for pregnant women (Bennett et al. BMC Public Health 2014). Within this broad topic, the study had a few specific objectives such as, improving training or midwifery staff, in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, to…

surgery and treats specific diseases, second one is the general hospital and lastly community hospital (“Healthcare in Iceland”, 2004-2016). According to a report published by WHO, there were 37.33 physicians/10000 people and 158.79 nursing and midwifery personal/10000 people in 2010…

This essay will use the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1998) and will look at a specific event that happened during my placement and the role of NHS Education for Scotland (NES, 2012) 10 Essential Shared Capabilities (ESC 's) and how Module 3, Involving People relates to the event which occurred. Description The 10 ESC 's (NES, 2012) is a resource that was created to ensure high quality care is provided to all, that the care is non-discriminatory and that it is person centred. It should be…