assignment

[Paul & Tracy]

Dear all on the list,   I am back again eagerly checking my E-mail and enjoying reading the letters that are posted on this list each day.  I always leave my computer feeling proud to be a midwife and inspired to change the world after reading your fabulous words of wisdom.   I work as a clinical midwife in a country hospital in W.A..and plan to have my first child under the midwifery model, with the community midwives in Perth (when I decide to fall pregnant!!!)  I, like many others out there, am so disappointed with the Guild insurance dilemma. What also upsets me is the fact that midwives I work with make comment that loosing this insurance is a good thing and that it will finally put those "maverick midwives" out of practice.  I guess I can accept some negative comments from the uninformed public but when coming from our own backyard I find it more difficult and frustrating to handle.   So, I have been printing off some of the articles you amazing people have written and pinning them up in our office to read, with the hope that it may open up some rather narrow minded attitudes around here.  I sometimes wonder how we will ever achieve the system that we all dream of when many of our own kind are the greatest antagonists!   On another note, I am wondering if any of you scholars out there can help me with my next unit of study.  I am a midwife completing my final unit of the Bachelor of Nursing (ECU) (I am converting my diploma into a degree).    This unit is Role Application in Nursing NSP2211 and involves a self directed contract for the duration of the semester.  I need to choose a topic that theory can be applied to and that will help me develop further as a midwife.  I then need to formulate a statement of intent, learning objectives and carry out the contract.  Do any of you have any ideas that aren't too difficult but are relevant to midwifery?????.   I have written a breastfeeding policy for our ward and am wondering if I can incorporate that at all.  I would greatly appreciate any input you may have.       Yours sincerely   Tracy