Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students (11 page)

What all care should be.

What a midwife and student midwife should have with a woman and her partner.

What a midwife needs to be as described by the ICM.
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A key midwifery concept.

What a midwife must be able to do.

It can be a barrier and a coping mechanism.

Being open to and moved by the suffering of others, so that one desires to ease their suffering.
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Inner strength, competence, optimism and flexibility.

What a midwife or student midwife must have 24 hour access to.

An essential characteristic of a midwife.

An essential skill which a mentor will dem- onstrate and teach to a student midwife.

Students need to demonstrate compe- tence in this.

The number of postnatal women which students must supervise and care for during their programme.

A minimum standard for the education and practice of midwives.

Something which is paramount in mid- wifery education.

An expert in midwifery education.
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Exist to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public.

A key characteristic of all health professionals.
Find out more
London: Balliere Tindall.

For more information on the history of midwifery read:

Cowell, B., Wainwright, D. (1981)
‘Behind the Blue Door: The History of the Royal College of Midwives 1881–1981’.

Leap, N., Hunter, B. (1993)
The Midwife’s Tale: An oral history from handywoman to professional midwife
. London: Scarlet Press.

Read the article below and consider how you can prepare yourself and maximise the many invaluable learning experiences you will encounter during your programme and indeed as a midwife.

Healey, J., Spence, M. (2007)
Surviving Your Placement in Health and Social Care A Student Handbook.
Open University Press.

Read the article below and think if you can see yourself in any of the student midwives comments? Does this give any advice around how to keep your motivation in the real world of maternity care?

Carolan, M., Kruger, G. (2011) Understanding midwifery studies: Commencing students’ views.
Midwifery
27, pp. 642–647.

Read the article

Snow, S. (2010) Mutual newness mothers experiences of student midwives.
British Journal of Midwifery
18(1), pp. 38–41

Think about how you can and do foster an effective relationship with the woman.

How can you ensure that you reflect this in your assessment documents?
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For more information visit: http://www.europeanmidwives.eu/eu http://www.internationalmidwives.org/ http://www.nmc-uk.org/ http://www.rcm.org.uk/ https://www.rcn.org.uk/ http://www.6cs.england.nhs.uk/pg/dashboardhttp://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/about/Pages/nhsstructure.aspx http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/6c-midwifery.pdf http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1485/pdfs/uksi_20081485_en.pdf http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/A2_LEARNSTYLES/pages/learningstyles.htm http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire
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Glossary of terms
CHRE
Centre for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
CMB
Central Midwives Board
CQC
Care Quality Commission
DBS
Disclosure and Barring Service
DH
Department of Health
EEA
European Economic Area
EI
Emotional intelligence
EMA
European Midwives Association