Rhonda Small, Anne Potter, Lisa Donohue, Judith Lumley
{"title":"Sound critical appraisal of the research literature is vital in assessing the evidence for interventions.","authors":"Rhonda Small, Anne Potter, Lisa Donohue, Judith Lumley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"16 4","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24170297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming the undersupply--supporting midwives' return to practice.","authors":"Marilyn Bullen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Unlabelled: </strong>The current critical shortage of midwives is a worldwide phenomenon that has created the need for educational programs that prepare midwives, who have previously left midwifery practice, for return to the contemporary clinical workforce. This paper focuses on the support requirements of midwives involved in a refresher program as determined by a research project conducted at The Northern Hospital in Melbourne during 2001. The project was a small-scale case study involving eight program participants. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to generate data. Analysis of the data revealed that the concept of support must be considered from personal and professional perspectives, if successful outcomes are to be achieved.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The response of the Federal Government to the dire shortage of midwives currently working in public healthcare facilities has been to allocate funding to the states and territories for education and re-skilling programs, with the aim of enticing midwives back to clinical practice (Walsh 2001). In Victoria, refresher programs have been developed to meet the needs of midwives whose level of expertise has diminished due to lack of clinical experience, but who have fulfilled the necessary requirements.</p>","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"16 4","pages":"14-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24170299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Follow through experiences--as midwifery curriculum.","authors":"Pauline Glover","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"16 2","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24823069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mrs Jane Warland PhD candidate , Helen McCutcheon RM PhD (Acting Head)
{"title":"Is there an association between maternal hypotension and poor pregnancy outcome?: A review of contemporary literature","authors":"Mrs Jane Warland PhD candidate , Helen McCutcheon RM PhD (Acting Head)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80009-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80009-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This literature review highlights that research about the effect of maternal hypotension in pregnancy has either concentrated on an acute hypotensive episode, or looked at the influence of persistent maternal hypotension on fetal growth and/or premature birth. Whilst there is some German literature no published English study has specifically examined the possible significance of chronic maternal hypotension on the risk of stillbirth. There is, therefore, a significant gap in the research in this area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 22-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80009-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22252237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Debra K Creedy RN PhD (Professor of Nursing & Health) , Jan Horsfall RN PhD (Senior Lecturer) , Jenny Gamble RN RM MHlth PhD (candidate)
{"title":"Developing critical appraisal skills using a review of the evidence for postpartum debriefing","authors":"Debra K Creedy RN PhD (Professor of Nursing & Health) , Jan Horsfall RN PhD (Senior Lecturer) , Jenny Gamble RN RM MHlth PhD (candidate)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80006-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80006-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80006-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22252234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kerry Peart BN, G. Dip Family & Child Health M. Bioethics (Coordinator Graduate Diploma of Midwifery) , Margaret Grigg RN, RPN, BA, M Bioethics, M Sc (Senior Lecturer)
{"title":"Postnatal Unhappiness: Who should direct support?","authors":"Kerry Peart BN, G. Dip Family & Child Health M. Bioethics (Coordinator Graduate Diploma of Midwifery) , Margaret Grigg RN, RPN, BA, M Bioethics, M Sc (Senior Lecturer)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80008-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80008-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Depression following childbirth is a common, distressing but frequently underreported disorder. It involves a spectrum of symptoms, some of which may be self-limiting, while others can have major mental health implications in the post partum period. A range of health professionals, including midwives and mental health nurses, come into contact with women who suffer from postnatal depression; however, there is often little attempt made to integrate maternity and mental health care approaches. More collaborative frameworks of care are vital if health professionals are to adequately meet the needs of ‘unhappy’ women in the postnatal period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 18-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80008-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22252236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jenny Parratt RM IBCLC BHlthSci MMid FACM. (Independent Midwife Consultant, Doctor of Philosophy Candidate)
{"title":"The impact of Childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: A review of the literature","authors":"Jenny Parratt RM IBCLC BHlthSci MMid FACM. (Independent Midwife Consultant, Doctor of Philosophy Candidate)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80007-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80007-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a review of the literature that informed research undertaken to determine what features of childbirth have a positive effect on women's sense of self. The literature looked at control: of women or with women, trusting relationships, balancing self-empathy, self understanding through an instinctual response, altered concious states, childbirth and mother/baby relationships.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 10-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80007-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22252235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RN RM BaHSc MN Pat Brodie (Candidate, Professional Doctorate in Midwifery)
{"title":"Addressing the barriers to midwifery—Australian midwives speaking out","authors":"RN RM BaHSc MN Pat Brodie (Candidate, Professional Doctorate in Midwifery)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80003-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80003-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research gives a voice to midwives in identifying the barriers and current problems in the organisation of maternity care in Australia. Using a critical feminist research approach, data was collected from a cross section of midwives nationally. Through standard qualitative research methods, themes were identified that enabled analysis of significant issues affecting the current status of midwifery.</p><p>The system of maternity care was identified as being dominated by medicine, not evidence based and restricting of women's choices, with midwifery autonomy not recognised or supported. The invisibility of midwifery within the community was identified as a significant barrier which, in conjunction with the occupational imperialism of obstetrics, ensures ongoing strategic control of maternity services and a denial of the rights of consumers to access midwifery care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 5-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80003-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22109000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Midwifery in Victoria","authors":"Alison Chandra (CMP Coordinator ACT)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80002-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80002-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 3","pages":"Page 4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80002-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56365989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RM EdD FACM Pauline Glover (Senior Lecturer in Midwifery)
{"title":"Midwifery in crisis or just being challenged","authors":"RM EdD FACM Pauline Glover (Senior Lecturer in Midwifery)","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80001-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80001-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83630,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of midwifery : professional journal of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(02)80001-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22108999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}