Breastfeeding is the best form of nutrition for infants and so is an important topic in the context of health promotion (Dearling‚ 1999). Health promotion is not an extended role of the midwife but a core competency. In its Code of Professional Conduct (2008)‚ the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) outlines the role of the midwife to include supporting people in caring for themselves to improve and maintain their health. Midwives must work with others to protect and promote the health and well-being of those
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Exploring the Differences and Similarities between Nurse-Midwives and Obstetrician-Gynecologists Many expectant mothers today‚ if asked about midwives‚ may envision antiquated childbirth. While midwives are becoming more well-known‚ they are still not mainstream. Although the major similarity between Obstetricians-Gynecologists (OB-GYN) and Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) is the outcome of a healthy baby‚ CNMs and OB-GYN receive different education and provide different patient experiences and outcomes
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“Call the Midwife” is a BBC television series that focuses on the lives of midwives and nuns living and working in the poverty-stricken area of London in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Episodes focus on all kinds of issues‚ ranging from interracial relationships to birth defects and poverty. Season 2‚ episode 5 is centered around abortion. One of the nurses‚ Jenny‚ has a patient‚ Nora Harding‚ who realizes that she is pregnant with her ninth child. The family already struggles as it is‚ and Nora is distraught
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loves us enough to name us; to think about it with care and affection. Names surrounding the author have a great influence also and the main character in Frankenstein shares the penname of Percy Bysshe Shelley‚ Mary Shelley’s husband. In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Margaret Atwood uses the influence of feminism to create the names of the majority of the female characters. This relates to the way women are portrayed in Frankenstein and how their names represent their personalities. The names of the male characters
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As a Registered Nurse/Midwife it is important to be confident and critical in reflective practice‚ to be able to reflect on both the positives and negatives for each situation and‚ to gain insight for when it is important and warranted to seek further knowledge and education. The ability to adapt to changing situations in the healthcare environment is paramount to its success. The following is Rona’s story and follows her and her midwife through antenatal visits‚ birth and the post-natal period.
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Bruno Bettelheim‚ author of The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales‚ explains that children’s minds work differently than an adults mind. He argues that children are searching for moral guidelines in order to have a foundation to cope with life’s inevitable problems. He believes that fairy tales‚ rather other texts‚ supplies children with that foundation. He also believes that adults should read The Grimm’s version of stories to their young children as a way teaching them
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For this essay I aim to show the importance of memory and of remembering the past in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale is a ‘speculative fiction’ first published in 1985 but set in the early 2000s. The novel was in response to changes in US politics with the emergence of Christian fundamentalism‚ the New Right. Atwood believed that society was going wrong and wrote this savage satire‚ similar to Jonathan Swift’s ‘A Modest Proposal’‚ depicting a dystopia which she uses as
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observation really well with women and they need to be good at listening communication as well. Working as a midwife‚ they will need to have a deep understanding of a child development. It is also important for them to update and test their knowledge against experience. For example‚ if they cannot communicate or understand what the woman says‚ midwifes
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In the Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ there are many characters involved. All of these characters played roles during the time of Chaucer’s life(1350 to 1400). Each is briefly described in the General Prologue. In the description‚ the class of the character is identified‚ as well as physical appearance and attitude of the character. All of these characters are on a pilgrimage to a martyr in Canterbury. When they meet up‚ the Host of the story offers them a proposal. He tells the people that
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As a nurse Midwife‚ you will come across a wide array of circumstances and meet families from all walks of life. No matter race‚ social class‚ language barrier‚ or level of education you are there to serve the purpose of providing health care and a welcoming environment. The first major concern is the mother. Therefore you need to establish an interpersonal relationship with her. Gain an understanding of where her comfort lies and what she expects during those hours you are both together. Get to
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