Heroes in pink: Lao midwives supporting rights and saving lives
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Source: UNFPA News - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Whistleblowers accuse NHS trust of avoidable baby deaths
Mothers and midwives tell BBC of serious concerns about maternity services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Self-harm by nurses and midwives - a study of hospital presentations - Groves S, Lascelles K, Bale L, Brand F, Casey D, Hawton K.
BACKGROUND: Nursing professionals are an occupational group at increased risk of suicide, but little is known about self-harm in this population. Aims: To investigate the characteristics of nurses and midwives who present to hospital following self-harm. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records
A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
$300K Fine for Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week.
Jeanette Breen, who operates Baldwin Midwifery... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NMC to consider changes to practice learning requirements
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is reviewing current practice learning requirements for students ahead of possible changes. The nursing regulator has announced it is commissioning independent research into the practice learning requirements for both nursing and midwifery, following changes made to the council’s education programme standards in January 2023. This will look into effective... Read moreThe post NMC to consider changes to practice learning requirements appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - January 10, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Midwife quit over 'unsafe care' and staffing
Other NHS workers have risen in number five times more than midwives over the past decade. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My journey to advanced nurse practitioner in primary care
Amid the ongoing discussions about the regulation of advanced practice, Helen E Lewis describes what working as an advanced nurse practitioner in primary care means to her, and how she sees the role developing in the future The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is currently discussing the regulation of the advanced practice role. If this... Read moreThe post My journey to advanced nurse practitioner in primary care appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - January 8, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Professional advanced practice Source Type: news
Nurses and midwives may face being struck off for intentionally mis-gendering patients under updated guidance that claims it's a 'BELIEF' that people can't swap sex
Britain's regulator for nurses and midwives has come under fire for saying it would investigate those who mis-gendered a patient as part of new guidelines on 'expressing beliefs appropriately'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are newly registered nurses still ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ ?
Nursing Times, in partnership with UNISON and the nursing charity the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF), is repeating a survey on preceptorship, which was first conducted two years ago.
A preceptorship is a structured programme of support that newly registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates should receive as they start their first roles in practice.
The union is encouraging members to respond and share their views.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council states that a new registrant on a preceptorship programme should have learning time protected in their first year of qualified practice and access to a preceptor ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - January 8, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News Midwives nursing associates student nurses Source Type: news
Malawi: Nurses Industrial Action Cancelled
[Nyasa Times] The sit-in for nurses, midwives and physicians in public hospitals under the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives in Malawi (NONM) which was supposed to start on Friday (today) has been cancelled following ongoing discussions with the government. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital OB-GYN and Nurse Midwife Are Not Just Medical Professionals: They are Compassionate Listeners
Some hospitals receive high marks regarding patient care, and WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital is one of them. "Named a 'Top Hospital' by Leapfrog three years in a row shows how dedicated our team is to keeping our patients safe," said Michael Cogliano, President of WellSpan Gettysburg... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM Source Type: news
Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services
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Source: UNFPA News - December 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: New Module Added to Nursing Curriculum
[The Herald] With support from the World Health Organisation, its partners and the UK's Fleming Fund, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has introduced an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) module in the nursing school curriculum for registered general nurses, primary care nurses, and midwifery, beginning next year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Ghana: A Midwife's Journey of Hope and Healing in Ghana
[Nigeria Health Watch] Aisha Bawa, a 34-year-old midwife at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Ghana, tries to ensure safe deliveries in her facility. Aisha has worked in the Ghana Health Service for nine years, where she has been committed to minimising maternal deaths while providing emotional support to grieving mothers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
