It is also important to gain as much knowledge as needed about anatomy and physiology in the job. Working as a midwife you'll need to have an in-depth understanding of fetal and child development. The majority of pregnancies and births are normal and increasing numbers of women are opting for natural and home births with the minimum of medical intervention. However, midwives need to recognise when the mother or her baby is at risk and know when to intervene to promote their health and
P1: Explain the requirements for two different careers in the health sector. The job role of a midwife is to provide advice, care and support for women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period. They help women make their own decisions about the care and services they access. Their responsibilities are wide ranging and include; caring for new-born children, providing health education and parenting support immediately after delivery, until care is transferred to a health visitor. Midwives are personally responsible for the health of both mother and baby and only refer to obstetricians if there are medical complications.
The experience of pregnancy and the feeling of postpartum life are unique for every woman. The culture is showing that becoming a mother of a baby is the happiest time in a woman’s life. Every woman should know and understand what is prenatal mental health. The society should provide the support and information to all the pregnant women. “Women were afraid of two things: to die during childbirth and that something should happen to the baby during childbirth.
This would provide me with a greater piece of mind, because complications are always a possibility during childbirth. No matter how smoothly the pregnancy has gone, complications are always a risk. I would want to feel prepared and have a physician available for whatever situation might arise. This would provide my unborn child the best possible chance at survival, I could give him or her, in case something did happen. In addition, I would choose to have an epidural during delivery.
Delegation Deanna Koschel Western Governors University Continuity of care is very important, especially for a pregnant mother. I believe it to be critical that the mother stays as healthy as possible to achieve the goal of having a healthy baby. In this case scenario, I would setup systems that would encourage staff to work as a team and to promote interdisciplinary care. If systems are setup for a busy staff, it will help guide them, creates organization, and efficiency. Team work will become second nature in such an environment.
UPNG SMHS-BCN MIDWIFERY STRAND EASSY TOPIC: ROLE OF A MIDWIFE Midwifery is a process for caring for women and her baby. Midwife is a person who went to a midwifery training school and has a licence to practice. The role of a midwife is to care for the pregnant mother, during antenatal, labour, postnatal and postpartum. Midwives play an important role to advise on early parenthood, promote normal labour and to avoid complications (Cooper M and Fraser D, 2009).The aim of this paper is to help us the midwives to know our responsibilities and to carry out our roles as expected during our scope of practice as midwives, in treating mothers and babies fair, aim to advice on family planning in which families wanting how many kids they want, spacing their children and knowing the importance of benefits relating to the mother, father, children, community and country as whole (Mola G, 2008). Advice on antenatal visits and its importance like, four visits upwards is regarded as booked antenatal mother, nutrition during pregnancy and childbirth is also a vital role to advise mothers on, like a balanced diet with water to take.
The neonatal nurse changes the diapers, feed the baby at appointed times, and give the baby need attention. Neonatal nurses hold the babies and give emotional support to babies. As a neonatal nurse you must with other members of the healthcare team regarding the babies and keep written or electronic charts. Neonatal nurses are often the saving grace for worried parents. They answer questions and console parents during times of uncertainty.
ACT Task 1 As in every job, a RN is responsible for providing adequate care to all patients despite their prior background. A nurse must be versatile and understand that it is acceptable to be different and learn how to adapt to different cultural, age, gender and religious preferences in order to make the patient feel secure about the treatment that he/she will be receiving. It is our job to answer any questions that the patient may or may not have during their consult with the nurse and/or doctor. In this case, we will examine a 24 year-old Vietnamese woman who is studying in the United States and due to cultural beliefs she may not be receiving adequate care for the symptoms she is experiencing. Jane Vuong is a Vietnamese 24 year-old
Maybe all she needs is a cool wash rag, a massage, soothing music or someone to hold her hand. “The doula’s role is to provide physical, emotional, and informational support to women and their partners [the entire family] during labor and birth.” (DONA Position Paper) Knowledge can empower couples to feel equipped to make decisions that will enable them to have the kind of birth that will leave them feeling positive without regrets. Barring emergencies, every woman should be empowered to birth her way. A doula will provide information , and offer to do research so that the client will be able to make the best educated decision possible. Pregnancy is a time when a woman can be overloaded with conflicting information.
Memo to Mothers PSY/280 April 25, 2013 Kristin Myers Memo to Mothers This memo is from a development psychologist to give recommendations addressing these two topics and to label daily engagements to help women six months pregnant and women who may get affected by postpartum. If a women is six months along in their pregnancy should follow these three steps to benefit their baby until birth. These three steps will help mothers to give birth to a healthy newborn (Berger, K. S. (2010). The first step for women that are six months pregnant needs to get enough adequate rest. Women need to avoid fatiguing work.