[ozmidwifery] registration??
Dear all, I have been asked to be midwife at a birth in NSW next year and hold registration in Vic and WA. Will I need to get NSW reg. and what will be the best way to get birth notification papers etc. Does anyone have a contact name/number etc.for papers required. Thanks Cath.
[ozmidwifery] Question on Notice to Tony Abbott re antenatal item issue and rural doctors
Passing this on from email from Australian Democrates Womens Health Database, Suzi Questions on Notice from Senator Allison that you may be interested in. We will let you know once we receive the answers. QUESTIONS ON NOTICE Senator Allison asks the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing 1. Is the Minister aware that the Rural Doctors Association have been quoted as saying What you'll find is there are many, many nurses who are trained to provide antenatal who may not be current members of the Australian College of Midwives and so I don't think we should see this as limits to people who are currently registered as a midwife. There are many women who have provided antenatal care in the past"? 2. If nurses are not trained as midwives, what other qualifications can they have that would equip them to provide antenatal care? 3. How many nurses without midwifery qualifications are registered as midwives in Australia? 4. How many nurses without midwifery qualifications are currently providing antenatal care in Australia? 5. How many nurses not registered as midwives are currently providing antenatal care? 6. Does the Minister agree that qualification as a midwife, registration as a midwife and membership of the Australian College of Midwives are not the same things? 7. Will the new Medicare item rely on the delegating medical practitioners ability to delegate to appropriately qualified and trained staff? If so, how will the government ensure that medical practitioners are aware of the difference between qualifications in midwifery, registration as a midwife and membership of the Australian College of Midwives? Senator Lyn Allison 21August 2006 Regards Siobhan Siobhan O'MaraOffice Manager and Executive Assistant to Senator Lyn AllisonLeader, Australian Democrats1st Floor, 62 Wellington ParadeEast Melbourne VIC 3002T: 03 9416 1880, Local call: 1300 130 427F: 03 9417 1690E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]W: www.democrats.org.au
Re: [ozmidwifery] Inductions for post term
Refer to ACMI Journal - last year, Cheer suzi Australian Midwifery Vol 18, Issue 2 August 2005, pp10-16Author Juliana Brennan RN MMidGrad Dip Midwifery (also i think discussed in Kathleen Fahy's editorial - same issue)AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical literature review of the risks associated with induction of labour and a conservative approach to post term pregnancy. The main aim was to establish whether a conservative approach to post term pregnancy is associated with increased rates of perinatal mortality and morbidity, and whether induction of labour reduces these rates. Electronic databases and texts were examined. The findings were that the rates of caesarean section, instrumental birth, use of analgesia, incidence of fetal heart rate abnormality, meconium aspiration syndrome and fetal size were similar in both approaches to care. It appears that perinatal mortality rates increase in post term pregnancy yet the literature varies as to when this increase becomes significant. Induction of labour after 41 weeks gestation reduces the rates of perinatal mortality, however, the amount to which mortality rates are decreased by performing induction of labour at this gestation also varies within the literature. Therefore, it is difficult to given concise dates about when induction of labour should be recommended. Women should be informed of the risks associated with both approaches to care, and based on the review findings, they should be offered induction of labour between 291 days and 294 days, or between 41+4 and 41+7 weeks gestation. However, their preference for either approach should be respected.
Re: [ozmidwifery] Question on Notice to Tony Abbott re antenatal item issue and rural doctors
It'sscary stuff when people in those high places (parliament)making those decisions are not aware of all the facts. However as a Nurse and Midwife from the bush I don't think I have ever seen anynursewho is not a Midwife give antenatal care to women. Cheers Di
