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New credentials give hope for birth centre
EMMA SWAIN
Tuesday, 30 August 2005
New credentials for midwives assisting in low risk births may pave the way
for a midwifery-managed
New credentials give hope for birth centre
EMMA SWAIN
Tuesday, 30 August 2005
New credentials for midwives assisting in low risk births may pave the way for a midwifery-managed birthing model to be established in Maitland, a young mother has said.
Maitland mother of two, Sarah-Jane Hazell, said
Sheesh..
The old credentialing crap. Midwives do not need to be credentialed to
provide care for low risk women. That is what we are trained to do.
Credentialing should be for things that are outside the scope of normal
midwifery care. Things like epidurals, interpreting electronic fetal
Oh.. and just to dig the hole for myself deeper. I believe that
accreditation for independent midwives has not supported independent
practice but is a way to control and punish midwives who wish to work
within their full scope of practice.
Sally Westbury
Homebirth Midwife
Learn from mothers and
I agree with you Sally, but midwives in the new midwifery led models would
probably need case loading skills and the truth is that many midwives work
in the current fragmented system that is doctor oriented. They probably will
need Upskilling in woman centered holistic care. MM
Sheesh..
The
is a midwife or
alternately: When is a midwife not a midwife?
Leanne.
From: Sally Westbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] NSW news
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:04:50 +0800
Sheesh..
The old credentialing crap
I also agree with you that this is not turned out as it was originally
intended. It was supposed to be a benchmark for ALL midwives to aspire to.
It now is something that only independent midwives use to conform to
certain rules in some workplaces. It certainly doesn't support us.A pity
that this
I too agree that a midwife should be fully qualified and
capable of looking after normal pregnancy and birth. Having said that, I
have to say that my university based training (grad dip)in no way prepared
me to give complete holistic care.At 4 years post-grad I started
working at the birth
