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Kate Osborne

Third-year pre-registration masters in midwifery student, University of Southampton

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Are specially trained midwives the right professionals to perform the newborn physical examination?

It is widely accepted that the midwife, having received specialist training, is the appropriate health professional to conduct the newborn infant physical examination (NIPE) on low-risk infants...

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