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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Midwifery education"”.
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Mental ill health in nursing and midwifery education. A critical discourse analysis
… Therefore it is crucial that nursing and midwifery education provides an inclusive learning environment, while maintaining fitness to practice standards. The focus of this study was to explore how discourses of mental health, reasonable adjustments and fitness standards influence nursing …
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The Midwifery Peer Assisted Learning and Support (My PALS) Project: A mixed method evaluation of the impact of peer support in undergraduate midwifery education in the Republic of Ireland.
The transition to undergraduate higher education (HE) can be a challenging and stressful time for all students, but particularly for students of healthcare programmes. Peer mentoring (PM) has been found to be a useful support structure for first year undergraduate students in negotiating the …
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Strengthening maternity service user involvement in midwifery clinical skills education through co-design of a mobile app.
Background: Service user involvement in education has become fundamental in professional, statutory and regulatory bodies responsible for the education of health and social care professionals. Where there are various examples of service user involvement across nursing, medicine and social work …
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An exploration of the maternity experiences of wāhine Māori in their encounters with midwife Lead Maternity Carers
… the pūrākau (stories) of Māori women and their midwifery care to answer the research question “What are the maternity experiences of wāhine Māori in their encounters with Lead Maternity Care (LMC) midwives?” The purpose of this research project was to move beyond the deficit-focussed research of …
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Birthing, Blackness, and the Body: Black Midwives and Experiential Continuities of Institutional Racism
… more generally). Despite a long history of midwifery in the black community, black women currently represent less than 2% of the nation's reported 15,000 midwives. Relatedly, black women and infants experience the worst birth outcomes of any racial-ethnic cohort in the United States. </p> …
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Weaving the mat: Enablers for Pasifika midwifery students
… Pasifika midwives are a minority within the midwifery workforce. There are low numbers of Pasifika students entering and completing midwifery education, and consequently an under-representation of Pacific peoples in the midwifery profession. There is a very real need to attract, educate, and …
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The design and validation of a framework for competencies in spiritual care for nurses and midwives: a modified Delphi study
… to address the lack of guidelines in nursing/midwifery education and clinical practice.<br/><br/>The study adopted a mixed methods approach, using an eclectic framework through three main phases. In Phase 1, spiritual care competencies were categorised under seven domains which were developed …
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Reaching across difference
… with the purpose of understanding continuing midwifery education needs in this space. A qualitative interpretive description study design, underpinned by social constructionism, facilitated the identification of potential causes of health inequity while recognising the social, cultural and …
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From alchemy to epistemology : intuition and private midwifery in Australia
… Intuition entered the lexicon describing midwifery practice as early as the 14th Century and it has remained a component ever since. The Australian College of Midwives (2009) philosophical statement of midwifery identifies evidence, experience and intuition as the central responsibilities …
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Gaining from giving: The benefits for midwives of working with student midwives
… Care (LMC) midwife and in my current role in midwifery education. I wondered whether formally exploring the experiences of midwives working with student midwives would support my own feelings that midwives as well as students benefitted from the relationship. This exploration seemed worthy as …
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Strengthening midwifery educator capacity in low and lower-middle income countries
[Background] Midwifery educators play a critical role in strengthening the midwifery workforce in low and lower-middle income countries (LMIC) to ensure that women receive quality midwifery care. The most effective approach to building midwifery educator capacity is not always clear. Partnering …
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Why do midwives stay?: a mixed-methods study of the factors influencing newly qualified midwives in London to remain in post
Background: Midwives are leaving midwifery in greater numbers than in previous years. Newly qualified midwives (NQMs) are the group most likely to leave. Most research has explored why midwives leave rather than why they stay. This research seeks to understand which factors enable NQMs to stay in …
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The mixed experiences of pregnant women with physical disabilities in accessing and utilising antenatal care services in rural south-western Uganda
… midwives and other health workers through education, training, and mentoring, and enabling disability inclusion for fit-for-purpose ANC services. Conclusion: Despite a few enablers optimising their wellbeing, rural pregnant women with physical disabilities experience many barriers that …