Midwives have the necessary skills to provide care during normal childbirth. There can be times however during the birth, when the woman requires an intervention, which involves secondary services. It is at this point, that this midwife needs to consider transfer of clinical responsibility to an obstetrician as per the Ministry of Health (2012) Referral Guidelines. This transfer of clinical responsibility to the obstetric team may include a midwifery care handover to another midwife, who will then continue to provide the ongoing midwifery care to the woman in collaboration with the Obstetrician. This research is focusing on what works well at the interface of that midwifery care handover. It is paramount that we get the midwifery care han...
This research seeks to increase understanding regarding the midwife-woman relationship. Midwives pr...
BackgroundMidwives have been providing care to women throughout the history of the profession, howev...
The fragmented nature of maternity services in the UK has led to the introduction of various forms o...
Midwives have the necessary skills to provide care during normal childbirth. There can be times howe...
Introduction: Handover of care has been internationally acknowledged as an important aspect in patie...
AIM: To explore first-time mothers’ expectations and experiences of being cared for by an unknown mi...
Abstract Background Maternity clinical handover serves to address the gaps in knowledge existing whe...
Background: Midwifery students sometimes are not involved during the clinical handover in maternal h...
Background High-risk pregnancy, or one with escalating complexities, requires the inclusion of numer...
OBJECTIVES: Interprofessional collaboration between midwives and health visitors working in maternal...
Background Midwifery units (MUs) provide midwife-led care for women at low risk of complications. T...
Background: Pregnancy, birth and child rearing are significant life events for women and their famil...
Introduction: Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCOC) demonstrates improved outcomes, which are linked t...
Introduction: Cochrane reviews report better outcomes for women receiving midwife-led care but these...
Problem: Despite high quality evidence supporting midwifery continuity of care, access to this model...
This research seeks to increase understanding regarding the midwife-woman relationship. Midwives pr...
BackgroundMidwives have been providing care to women throughout the history of the profession, howev...
The fragmented nature of maternity services in the UK has led to the introduction of various forms o...
Midwives have the necessary skills to provide care during normal childbirth. There can be times howe...
Introduction: Handover of care has been internationally acknowledged as an important aspect in patie...
AIM: To explore first-time mothers’ expectations and experiences of being cared for by an unknown mi...
Abstract Background Maternity clinical handover serves to address the gaps in knowledge existing whe...
Background: Midwifery students sometimes are not involved during the clinical handover in maternal h...
Background High-risk pregnancy, or one with escalating complexities, requires the inclusion of numer...
OBJECTIVES: Interprofessional collaboration between midwives and health visitors working in maternal...
Background Midwifery units (MUs) provide midwife-led care for women at low risk of complications. T...
Background: Pregnancy, birth and child rearing are significant life events for women and their famil...
Introduction: Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCOC) demonstrates improved outcomes, which are linked t...
Introduction: Cochrane reviews report better outcomes for women receiving midwife-led care but these...
Problem: Despite high quality evidence supporting midwifery continuity of care, access to this model...
This research seeks to increase understanding regarding the midwife-woman relationship. Midwives pr...
BackgroundMidwives have been providing care to women throughout the history of the profession, howev...
The fragmented nature of maternity services in the UK has led to the introduction of various forms o...