Midwifery professionalisation and practice: Influences of the changed registration standards in Australia.

CONCLUSION: This paper has shown how the re-registration conditions and standards post 2010 have generated discourse around registration renewal. The simultaneous introduction of regulatory and legislative changes has resulted in the construction of categories within contemporary midwifery practice that do not necessarily align with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) requirements for re-registration. Further research is recommended to examine the continuing influence and impact of the changes on the Australian midwifery workforce. PMID: 26346904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Women Birth - September 4, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: Gray M, Rowe J, Barnes M Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research