Becoming a Midwife in the 21st Century

The NMC have produced standards of proficiency for pre registration midwifery education and those standards have been written in an "academic" language, for higher education institutions. Each student prior to being admitted to the profession must have achieved the proficiencies stated in the NMC publication.The purpose of this book is to provide students with material related to the standards of midwifery education. The students will be able to use the contents of this text and relate it to their own approved programme of midwifery study, as their programme of study would have had to comply with NMC's requirements. It will help student midwives appreciate how their own programmes have been designed, and why they are required to study and understand some of the subjects they are, or will be studying.

Cathy Hamilton BSc(Hons), MSc, RGN, RM, PGDip, PGCert is a Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and Supervisor of Midwives. In 2004 Cathy undertook the preparation for supervisors programme and has joined the team supervisors of midwives at West Herts NHS Trust.

Ian Peate BEd (Hons), MA (Lond), EN(G), RGN DipN (Lond), RNT, LLM is Associate Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Hertfordshire. Ian's key areas of interest are nursing practice and theory, sexual health and HIV/AIDS. His portfolio centrs on recruitment and marketing and professional academic development with the school of Nursing and Midwifery.

List of contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Effective Communication	p. 10
The Aims of Antenatal Care	p. 30
Programmes of Care During Childbirth	p. 46
Interdisciplinary Working: Seamless Working within Maternity Care	p. 64
Intrapartum Care	p. 81
Effective Emergency Care	p. 128
Initial Assessment and Examination of the Newborn Baby	p. 159
Effective Postnatal Care	p. 174
Medication and the Midwife	p. 209
Effective Documentation	p. 235
Regulating the Midwifery Profession - Protecting Women or the Profession?	p. 261
The Impact of Cultural Issues on the Practice of Midwifery	p. 283
Legislation and the Midwife	p. 299
Confidentiality	p. 317
Clinical Decision-Making	p. 334
Health, Safety and Environmental Issues	p. 350
Evidence-Based Practice	p. 368
Statutory Supervision of Midwives	p. 383
Clinical Governance Framework and Quality Assurance in Relation to Midwifery Care	p. 400
Answers to the Cultural Awareness Quiz	p. 424
Glossary	p. 427
Index	p. 437
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