Anne,
I too respect and indeed demand appropriate care provision for rural
communities. That is not the point I was making, but any eloquence I
had at the time was being utilized for the senate submission.
My point is that compromising the role of a midwife by agreeing to
acknowledge a tie to nursing is counter-productive. There may well be
people who can fill the role of practice nurse and community midwife,
but I would question the validity of such a role acceptance.
If the role of a midwife is to be truely recognised in Australia then
one must be prepared to take on all aspects of that role and do so to
the high standard demanded of a autonomous practitioner.
Midwifery is NOT a speciality of nursing, except to those that want to
see it constained and controlled by the obstetric and medical model of
care.
This was the reason for the comparison of getting a carpentar to
re-wire your computer or to see a podiatrist for ischaemic changes of
the heart.
When one recognises the exacting role of midwives and this role is
truly realised can one evaluate a midwives role in a rural community.
Once the large body of the sighted 30-40 births a year come under
midwifery lead care then the midwife will have quite enough to do in
providing adequate care.
I would also suggest that the rural community be better served by a
full time nurse than a part time nurse and part time midwife.
Please accept these as my own ramblings and feel free to enlighten me
to a state of heightened awareness if appropriate. That sounds
arrogant and is unintentional, What I am trying to say is this is a
deeply routed belief for me yet because i thrive on information and
learning feel free to show me the error of my beliefs if this is the
case.
Yours appreciatively and in Midwifery but not Nursing
Nigel
P.S Cathy is going Oh no NOT AGAIN!
forgive me.
--- "Bristow, Anne (FMC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "As for the
> comments that hospitals see a need to utilize
> midwives as nurses well
> surely direct entry will serve our profession best
> to end this."
>
> Whilst I support direct entry midwifery I believe
> that the concerns of rural
> and remote communities are valid and should be
> acknowledged. What 'serves
> our profession' may not always serve the interests
> of the community and we
> should be mindful of the potential to be dismissive
> of real problems in our
> midwifery zeal. It is important that these problems
> are given due
> consideration and solutions derived that ensure that
> the service to rural
> and remote communities is at least no worse than it
> currently is.
>
===
>From Cathy Bock and Nigel Duncan.
at
BIRTHING HANDS (Homebirth, ante/post natal care and hospital support)
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