midwifery

By Vicky Eckenrode Vicky.Eckenrode@StarNewsOnline.com After months of protest from Wilmington-area midwifery supporters, New Hanover Regional Medical Center has eased off slightly on its supervision policies for midwives delivering at the hospital.  

Driven by targets and mired in red tape, our NHS maternity wards are becoming baby-producing factories where mothers' needs come very low on the agenda.  

Training and certification of midwives is now an established practice in the medical community. As health costs rise, many women are choosing natural childbirth through the assistance of a midwife.Contributor: Janet HuntPublished: Dec 03, 2009  

3110 pass midwifery examManila BulletinThe Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday that 3110 out of 6091 passed the Midwife Licensure Examination given by the Board of ...  

When I was pregnant with my son, almost eleven years ago, the internet was more of a nerdy luxury than anything else. Now pregnant women or women who are thinking of becoming pregnant can access virtually anything - including a new quiz that will tell them whether a midwife or ob-gyn is best for them!  

Britain's socialized medical system once again demonstrates what we will find when we go over Chairman Zero's "precipice" into government-run healthcare. Verena Burns, a midwife who recently escaped from the National Health Service into private practice, tells tales of horror:...  

In a television documentary to be screened on Sunday evening, Dutch gynecologists say births should only take place in specialised hospitals. They partly blame the relatively high number of infant fatalities in the Netherlands on the practice of home births. They say midwives are reluctant to intervene when women in labour get into difficulty and therefore intervention comes too late. Midwives vehemently dispute this claim. Around 30 percent...  

A coroner today branded midwife shortages at a hospital where a newborn baby died on an overstretched maternity ward as "nothing short of scandalous". Related StoriesBus carrying school children hits bridgeMore Internet NewsSchool children injured as bus hits bridgeDoctor admits lapse in standards at baby-death hospitalWhere rail work will hit Christmas travel  

MIDWIFE Jaki Lambert will never forget her visit to Angola to promote a campaign to give newborn babies life-saving tetanus jabs - and not because she had a Hollywood star for company. Jaki spent a week in the south-west African country with Natascha ...  

ASHLAND, Ore. - When Jennifer Margulis went into labor with her fourth child, she sent her husband off to take the kids to school, then waited at home for her body to do what she felt confident it had evolved over millions of years to do on its own.  

Jennifer Margulis and her husband decided to have her baby at home alone, without a doctor or midwife present. There are signs that an increasing number of women are making the same decision. ASSOCIATED PRESS Jennifer Margulis, husband James di ...  

And if you find yourself up against a barrage of scare tactics–as I once did–it can be exceedingly difficult to stake your claim and argue against the doctor (again, or midwife) who may or may not have your and your baby's health ...  

Former midwife looks back on 100 yearsWatford ObserverA retired district nurse and midwife has celebrated her 100th birthday putting down her longevity to 'hard work' while doing a job she loved. ...and more »  

Daily MailNursing to become graduate entryBBC NewsThe move follows a recommendation from the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The NMC, the regulatory body for nurses, is developing new standards for nurse ...All new nurses to have degrees from 2013guardian.co.ukOlder NHS nurses may be awarded degrees for their experienceTimes OnlineMove to degrees 'could deter talented would-be nurses'Telegraph.co.ukPublic Service -Independentall 166 news...  

UK Nurse 英国的护士腾讯网All nurses must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Qualified nurses are in great demand. There are different types of nurses in England, ...