The Role of The Mentor The word ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’. Midwives are specialists in normal pregnancy and birth‚ and the midwife’s role is to look after a pregnant woman and her baby throughout the antenatal period‚ during labour and birth‚ and for up to 28 days after the baby has been born. A midwife must be able to care for women throughout pregnancy‚ birth‚ and during the postnatal period‚ as well as care for newborn babies. She must be able to detect problems‚ summon medical help
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The career I chose was a nurse midwife. Tasks of being a midwife are to monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat‚ taking external uterine measurements‚ identifying fetal position‚ estimating fetal size and weight‚ initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients‚ provide prenatal intrapartum‚ postpartum‚ or newborn care to patients‚ explain procedures to patients‚ etc.The career cluster the nurse midwife is in is health science‚ along with many other careers. Health science
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as a Midwife has grown as it is something that’s always drew my attention. I feel that this career would be rewarding and will open a gateway of opportunities for my future. I am a confident student who possesses good team work and excellent communication skills. It is unusual in this day and age to have 6 siblings‚ but this is my background. I have therefore come into contact with Midwives and other professionals that work together as a multi-agency team. My fascination with pregnancy‚ birth and
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"War is the midwife of revolution" It isn´t just an unlicky coincidence that both‚ the 1905 revolution and the 1917 revolution(s)‚ took place slightly after the Russo-Japanese War in the first case‚ and during the Great War in the second one. Both cases prove that "war is the midwife of revolution" and that it is a direct cause for this uprisings. In 1904 Russia went to war with Japan. They were fighting for control of Korea and Manchuria in the Far East. Right from the start of the war the
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having a midwife come to the patient’s home to give a more holistic approach to care. I have worked 5 years of labor/delivery and post-partum. I have been given the huge advantage of working with family practitioners‚ OBGYNs‚ and midwives that love to share knowledge and encourage you to ask questions. The past few years I have grown tremendously as a labor and delivery nurse. I enjoy teaching all the OB community classes‚
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I have always had a strong passion for midwifery. I am a volunteer for the NHS in the Labour ward at the General Oldham Hospital. Having gained this rewarding experience for over 18 months‚ I am thoroughly aware that midwives take on a vital task‚ in helping women from the beginning of a pregnancy to after birth and beyond. A content midwife guides a mother all the way through a healthy pregnancy‚ keeping vigilant to any complications which may arise. I observed working at the maternity unit‚ there
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equipping people to have more power‚ enabling them to make choices in regard to improving their well-being (WHO‚ 1984). Ewles and Simnett (2003) determine from this that the fundamental elements of health promotion are improving health‚ empowerment and education. 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
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In reading Plato’s Theaetetus‚ Socrates stresses throughout that he is like a midwife‚ meaning he helps his associates to gain knowledge through asking questions. He also claims‚ however‚ that he himself possesses no knowledge. As a result‚ he does not teach‚ but remains adamant in his claims that he is very important in the associates’ learning or relearning. Socrates’ unique wisdom can be likened to that of a midwife‚ as stated in Theaetetus. In Meno‚ Socrates discusses the definition of virtue
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Application for Temporary perinatal health midwife There is increasing awareness of perinatal mental health as a public health issue. The Government is keen for midwives to further develop their role in public health. Midwives need to be adequately prepared to take on a more developed role in perinatal mental health if practice improvements are to be made. I am aware that death from psychiatric causes has been the leading cause of maternal death for the last few years. Although the most recent Confidential
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A Certified Nurse Midwife (CMN) is a nurse that provides care for low-risk pregnancies from before‚ during‚ and after labor. Their main purpose is to deliver babies‚ provide care for the mother and her baby‚ and assist gynecologists and obstetricians (“Certified Nurse Midwife‚” 2014). In order to become a CMN‚ one has to attend nursing school‚ pass the NCLEX‚ work for a few year in a related field‚ then receive further education in a Nurse-Midwife Education program‚ and get certified from the American
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