Twitter's potential to enhance professional networking
Twitter is an online social networking service launched in 2006 that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called ‘tweets’ It is unique in that it ‘engages strangers through...
Reducing injuries from health care sharps
Sharps incidents are one of the most common causes of injury to midwives They are of particular concern as they carry a serious risk of harm through the transmission of blood-borne infection (NHS...
Research roundup—January 2015
Women's experiences of infant feeding This study conducted at two primary care Trusts in the North West of England aimed to explore women's experiences, opinions and perceptions of their infant...
Deaf Nest report
The report produced by the Deaf Nest Project highlights the contribution midwives can make to achieving quality maternity services for Deaf women and their families. It focuses on the barriers Deaf...
NICE and safe staffing: The fight for more midwife-led care
Midwifery is about providing high-quality compassionate care and comfort at one of the most important times in a woman's life However, factors outside an individual midwife's control can have a major...
Postnatal care, not vouchers, will increase breastfeeding rates
It is well known that in the UK, despite initial breastfeeding rates being relatively high, maintining these rates are a problem; the amount of women continuing to exclusively breastfeed past 6 weeks...
The changing climate of legal and ethical issues in maternity services
A number of recent cases have highlighted the need for midwives to have an increased knowledge and understanding of legal and ethical issues and how to apply these in practice. One of these, the case...
Midwifery revalidation
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) are overhauling their fitness to practise systems and revalidation is the new process by which midwives will demonstrate, on a 3 yearly cycle, that they remain...
Helping women prepare for hyperemesis gravidarum
Nausea and vomiting affects around 80% of pregnant women to a greater or lesser degree making it the most common medical condition in pregnancy (Gadsby and Barnie-Adshead, 2011) Around 30% of women...
Exploring the ‘good’ birth: What is it and why does it matter?
A core assumption of this article is that there is a need to investigate the relationship between a woman's experience of childbirth and her experience of motherhood Another assumption is that those...
A modified early obstetric warning system
For the majority of women childbearing is a normal life event Physiological adaptations usually ensure a woman has a healthy pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal recovery However, the increased...
Family Nurse Partnership: Meeting the needs of teenage mothers
While it is acknowledged that not all teenage pregnancies are unplanned or result in a substandard or negative life-course for mother and/or child (Duncan et al, 2010), there is a substantial body of...
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