Midwives need to advise women, explain the options and help them make informed choices about their care. You'll need to be able to provide reassurance and counselling and must also be a good listener and respond to what women are saying. Women who have babies come from all sorts of backgrounds and life stages, so you'll be supporting a diverse range of women during one of the most emotionally charged times in their lives. You'll need to be able to stay calm and alert in times of stress, and enable women to feel confident and in control. It is also important to gain as much knowledge as needed about anatomy and physiology in the job.
Health care marketing analysis Brandy Marsh HCS 539 May 14, 2012 Debbie Schrager Health care marketing analysis According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.), “prenatal care has been recognized as the cornerstone of our health-care system for pregnant women since the beginning of the twentieth century” (public health importance). Prenatal care is an important aspect of a woman’s pregnancy. For some women obtaining prenatal care can be difficult so prenatal clinics have become a valuable resource. Organizations such as Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey offer reduced or sliding scale pricing for women who cannot afford prenatal care. Marketing for Planned Parenthood is vital to the organizations success.
Parturition is another term for "labor." It comes from the Latin word, parturient, "to be ready to bear young" and is related to partus, "to produce." To labor in this sense is to produce. (Online Medical Dictionary, 2011) The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines“labor”as “an instance of physical or mental exertion; a piece of work that has been performed; a task.” It is also defined as the verb, “of a woman: to undergo childbirth; to be in labor.” Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2005) defines “labor” as “In
They want to know everything there is to know to ensure they have a healthy baby. The audience who purchases this guide is aware that there are lifestyle adjustments that need to be made in order to have a health pregnancy and they want to learn all about them. The reader may also be someone who is only in the planning stages of becoming pregnant and wants to know all about conception and the right time to make that happen. The audience of this guide wants information that includes what happens from the time a woman first begins to suspect pregnancy, through each of the nine months, and into the postpartum period. The woman reading this wants substantial nutritional information that discusses caloric intake, and maintaining balanced meals perhaps by providing sample recipes.
Holistic assessment in relation to pregnancy should take into consideration not just the physical but psychological and social aspects as these are all part of the person as a whole, and as The Oxford English Dictionaries (2012) states that all parts are interconnected, therefore need to be seen as one. Midwifery 2020 (2010) suggest that the essence of a midwife is to provide safe physical care but to recognise that emotional and spiritual needs are exceptionally important in assisting a woman before, during and after childbirth. This statement again underpins the definition of holism by viewing the person as a whole and promoting psychological and physiological well being. The most comprehensive definition of the midwife comes from the International Confederation of Midwives (2011) and states “A midwife is a person who has successfully completed a midwifery education programme that is duly recognized in the country where it is located and that is based on the ICM Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice and the framework of the ICM Global Standards for Midwifery Education; who has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practice midwifery and use the title ‘midwife’; and who demonstrates competency in the practice of midwifery. The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during
Beginning Right maternity program SM Healthy Pregnancy Handbook Pregnancy basics for healthier moms and babies 22.07.300.0 (1/08) Welcome to the Beginning Right maternity program Aetna’s Beginning Right maternity program offers information and services to help you give your baby a healthy start. This Aetna‡ program offers a pregnancy risk survey (PRS), stop-smoking program and other resources to help you have a healthy baby. For a complete list of program features, visit the Beginning Right website womenshealth.aetna.com. insurance plans are offered, underwritten or administered by Aetna Life Insurance Company and its affiliates (Aetna). Health information programs provide general health information and are not a substitute for
As a result of this inequity, females are choosier in who they mate with. As well as making a larger prenatal investment, mothers must also make a larger postnatal investment. Another reason for the high maternal investment is that mothers form an attachment to their child through the act of breastfeeding. The greater investment of females may also be explained in terms of parental certainty. Because fertilisation in humans is internal, the female is always certain that she is the mother of her child.
New mothers have two main choices when feeding their babies: breastfeeding or formula feeding from a bottle. Each choice comes with its own moral imperative and there is much for a mother to consider. The benefits of breastfeeding are well established, however, a mother will have to weigh these benefits against other factors, such as the social stigma of breastfeeding in public; potentially reduced milk supply due to drugs taken in labour; the fear of losing her figure; and the need to be liberated from the demands of constant breastfeeding. Information bombards parents from a range of sources in the UK: formula companies, the NHS, the National Childbirth Trust and the pro-breastfeeding lobby, for example, La Leche League. This information can often be conflicting, promoting the advantages of one way of feeding over another.
So now, you are set in your career, have become pregnant after trying for awhile, due to age get genetic testing done…….and then the news. Your unborn child has a genetic defect. Interdisciplinary Team The appropriate members of the Interdisciplinary team (IDT) for Peter and Rita Trosack’s case would be a case manager, an obstetrician (high-risk pregnancy specialist), pediatrician (specializing in genetic disorders), psychologist, genetic counselor and social worker. Each team member will bring their own specialized
Due to the fact that it occurs in more than half of pregnant women, it will be important to educate pregnant women or women who plan to become pregnant on triggers, avoidance, prevention and treatment options for morning sickness. By being open with them about what they can expect, they may be more likely to seek care when necessary and acknowledge when it is a normal side effect of pregnancy versus a serious condition requring immmediate medical attention such as hyperemesis gravidarum. As advanced practice nurses, we must educate and encourage the best health status for our patients during all stages of their