Titre : | Is the Nursing and Midwifery Council setting midwifery up to fail and are midwifery career pathways a part of the solution for the future midwife? (2019) |
Auteurs : | Helen Shallow |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | Midirs. Midwifery Digest (Vol. 29, n° 2, June 2019) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 141-144 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Sujets : |
Paramédical (MeSH) Compétences ; Grande-Bretagne ; Pratique professionnelle ; Prise en charge postnatale ; Sage-femme ; Salles d'accouchement ; Service hospitalier de gynécologie et d'obstétrique ; Sociétés |
Résumé : |
This paper is a result of my thoughts, just prior to my submission to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) consultation, on the draft standards of proficiency for registered midwives (NMC 2019). During my tenure as Head of Midwifery and Consultant Midwife I was acutely aware of the tensions and barriers that exist between so called ‘labour ward’ midwives and midwives who do not work on labour ward regularly, especially midwives who work in the community and midwifery-led units. The recurring theme was that too much was assumed and expected of midwives who do not work on labour ward on a regular basis, as they are ‘pulled in’ad hocto meet demands. They were made to feel inadequate and incompetent, usually because they found themselves unsure of where to find equipment or how to implement the technical routines of labour ward quickly and efficiently. Midwives who permanently work on labour ward acknowledged that if they were suddenly sent out into the community or to a birth centre, they too would feel lost. I wanted to understand tensions between these groups of midwives and whether the new proposed standards of proficiency for registered midwives (NMC 2019) might have anything to offer as a solution. |
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