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Keep up the good work Annette! I had this
discussion with my mum last night (she is a midwife/nurse who has been working
contracts in rural areas for a while), her arguement was, "where will they get
the midwives to do it?" . I feel that more midwives would move to rural areas if
they didnt have to work as nurses, and as Annette has shown, more women
will train as midwives if that is where their passion lies.
Di
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:22
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Question on
Notice to Tony Abbott re antenatal item issue and rural doctors
Thanks Justine for those kind words - I needed a little boost like
that. Yes there are some great ENs working out in rural areas - I think what
makes them good is their passion (which is why I doing my BMid). Midwifery is
a special field all of its own - I was encouraged to do my RN training, but
knew I would never finish because that was not where my passion lay! The other
point I would like to add is why can't the powers that be see how economical
this option (caseload) is?? Not rocket science either!!
Regards Annette
Dear Barb,
Melissa and all
I too live in rural Aust and understand the issues
esp that there are many good ENs out there. We have a local one who
is doing the Bmid at UTS (hooray!).
I guess the point is that if the
opening up of Medicare Item number 16400 goes through then this will be able
to happen.
Essentially with Mr Abbotts approach there is no need for
midwives to exist. I use the building analogy. It is like saying
to an Electrician - Sorry we wont support you doing your trade, and by the
way we will also enable Carpenters and Plumbers to do electrical work, after
al they are all in the building industry!!
These moves affect EVERY
midwife, because they totally disregard midwifery expertise (despite many
hard-fought wins of recent years to distingusih nursing from midwifery)
This goes backwards from what we had before.
Remember this will
also enable GPs without a Dip Obs to provide antenatal care and essentially
oversee a RN without midwifery.
Naturally, if midwives were employed
on a caseload basis even in small rural areas units could operate.
Also managers would be better placed recruiting straight RNs for
A&E etc etc rather than the RN/RM issue. Get midwives as midwives
and RNs as RNs. Not rocket science!!
In
solidarity
Justine
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