��<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Sonja </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder where you are?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also&nbsp;find this and other hospital staff behaviours interesting!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having been in education for quite a few years I have not worn a uniform in the clinical area for a decade and I ensure people know my name status and what i can do for them regardless of what I wear.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wish i could say I have expereinced the same from nurses and midwives every where?<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In WA it confounded me how many nurses, midwives in hospitals were reluctant to get out of (ugly) white uniforms when they had, have the opportunity and into slacks with coloured blouses!<BR>Here in Sydney everyone wears the same uniform slacks/skirts and coloured top so you can not tell who is an EN, RN or midwife!<BR>There is a slight variation with that worn by non nursing staff which to the uninitiated is not obvious which I find interesting!<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also many midwives here have name badges which only say RN and many write in the notes under the handwritten sub heading of "Nursing".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Others do not correct people when addressed as nurses or take umbridge when I point out I am a midwife to some one who addresses me as Nurse??<BR>Are these Freudian slips??<BR>Personally I think most fail Communication 101!<BR>Denise</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bazson@ozemail.com.au" title=bazson@ozemail.com.au>Barry MacGregor</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au" title=ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 28, 2002 10:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ozmidwifery] Re Tina's response to Denise</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Possibly totally unrelated, but I wonder how much wearing those dreadful uniforms makes hospital midwives feel "subordinate" or even a "handmaiden".&nbsp; Doctors don't wear a uniform and yet women and some&nbsp;midwives seen happy to do as they say.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Love Sonja</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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