This question may seem naive but I really can't get a clear answer?
What policy or legislation requires hospital midwives to follow medical
protocols? For example: where do midwives stand if they don't do regular
VEs, avoids using oxytocins or keep descriptive notes rather than use a
partogram?
I can find no legislation in Qld (which doesn't mean it doesn't exist but it
is not in the nursing act and I'm told it is not in the health services
act).
A midwifery administrator tells me that the only way in which midwives are
required to follow medical protocols is that if they don't they will not be
covered by the hospital's vicarious liability insurance.
Does anyone know anymore?
Dr. Kathleen Fahy
Associate Professor
Midwifery Co-ordinator
University Southern Queensland
07 46312377
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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