I think any midwife who has spent their career in a hospital setting would
need 're-wiring' to attend homebirths. Hospital birth is so different to
homebirth, and the danger is that midwives bring the hospital and it's
guidelines to the home. I don't think it is a case of 'upskilling', just a
totally different way of working and hospital midwives have been oppressed
and socialised into a particular way of practising. They often lack
confidence in their own midwifery skills and women's ability to birth.
Rachel - trapped in a hospital with pinging machines and missing homebirth
and midwifery.
From: "Tania Smallwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:06:12 +0930
Love that term, Macdonaldisation! I also get concerned when I hear of
midwives needing to be "upskilled" to attend 'normal' births, or to give
women care in water, etc. I think as a midwife we should all be able to
handle the 'normal'. I personally would need upskilling to work in a
tertiary institution with all those machines that go 'ping'!
Tania
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda
Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 1:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...
a big part of it is the multi skilling crap which is just a way of
getting constant work out an individual which i think is why so many
places are against direct mid entry midwives, they cant be used like
slaves to work everywhere anywhere anytime. it is an evolving problem
and much to do with globalisation and utilising the human resources to
the best benefit of corporation which hospitals are fast becoming. The
macdonaldisation of society!!! It really worries me....
Belinda
Tania Smallwood wrote:
> Not just a question for Barb, but anyone who knows about it, I'm
> curious to know about the Midwife/nurse practitioner that you refer to
> in Qld. What exactly do they do? How is this different to working
> within the scope of a registered midwife? I'm aware that the college
> is not supportive of the notion of midwives becoming NP's, but I'm
> actually interested in what role they play in maternity care over and
> above the general run of the mill midwife?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tania
>
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