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This reflection explores the experience of caring for a woman, ‘Katy’, who had opted for a vaginal breech birth. Once in labour, she no longer felt safe to have a vaginal breech birth and opted for a...
I completed a direct entry midwifery training programme having previously achieved a Master's degree in biomedical sciences. My first of the 3-year degree programme was cut short by the COVID-19...
Artificial intelligence has been increasingly talked about in recent months, particularly in relation to the release of ChatGPT, a model for conversational interaction made available for public use in...
Pregnant women and mothers of children under the age of 2 years with involvement from children's social care should receive support that is specialist and continuous during pregnancy, birth and early...
Anatomically, a stoma is simply an opening in the body between the skin and a hollow viscus. Common types of intestinal stomas are colostomies and ileostomies. Colostomies are formed from the colon...
The impact of alcohol consumption on in vitro fertilisation outcomes has been assessed in several studies (Firns et al, 2015; Chandravati and Tripathi, 2021; Rao et al, 2022). Consensus among these...
A quasi-experimental study was conducted, using a pre-, post-test design with a control group. This design was chosen to manage a range of feasibility issues; for example, group assignment was...
This study used a quasi-experimental design in the form of a randomised controlled pre-/post-test trial. Two randomly selected sample groups were selected using a cluster randomised trial. The...
This study, using a constructive grounded theory design, was conducted at a maternity unit in the north of England with an annual birth rate of approximately 5000 births. Facilities included a...
An integrative review was considered suitable for this study, as this methodology allows inclusion of data from all types of literature to fully answer review questions (Whittemore and Knafl, 2005;...
Ultraprocessed foods have been defined as ‘industrial formulations of substances derived from foods, which typically contain cosmetic additives…and little, if any, whole foods’ (Rauber et al, 2021)....
Social media is increasingly being investigated by researchers, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, where digital communication became even more prevalent. A review published in our April...
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