Postnatal care of women with diabetes: a clinical update

Careful and continuous monitoring of women with diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus is essential in pregnancy, labour and birth. However, postnatal follow-up is also vital because of...

The pay and conditions debate: the reality of the working environment in midwifery higher education

The average starting salary for a lecturer in the UK is £34 308 (University and College Union (UCU), 2023). This is less than the £35 392 received at entry step point for Band 6 midwives (NHS...

The cardiovascular system and associated disorders

The heart is a hollow muscled organ. The specialised cardiac muscle consists of three layers: the pericardium, myocardium and endocardium. The pericardium is a thin fibrous sheath surrounding the...

Mental wellbeing during summer

As the height of summer approaches (and with the weather in England seeming to have caught up to the season!), many of our readers at higher education institutions will no doubt be enjoying a more...

Transforming midwifery care

‘My dreams have changed – I am no longer just “doing my job”. I see the importance of giving the mother information so that she can understand the care we are offering and truly consent. This is...

Epidural analgesia in labour and the risk of emergency caesarean: a retrospective observational study

This was a retrospective review of birth outcomes for 200 consecutive labours of women for whom the author provided any intrapartum care between 21 July 2020 and 24 June 2022. Intrapartum care was...

Local cultural perspectives of birth preparedness: a qualitative study in a rural subdistrict of Indonesia

This descriptive study used a qualitative approach to obtain rich, meaningful and detailed information about local cultural perspectives of birth preparedness in a rural subdistrict of East Java...

Midwifery students' experiences of learning to be ‘with woman’: a scoping review

This scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Scoping Reviews, as outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute (Aromataris and Munn, 2020). A priori protocol was...

Breastfeeding knowledge assessment tools among nursing and midwifery students: a systematic review

This systematic review was conducted to identify tools that have been developed to evaluate breastfeeding knowledge and practice among nursing and midwifery students. The review followed the Preferred...

R v Noor: a landmark case in female genital mutilation prosecution

The WHO (2024) classifies female genital mutilation into four types. Type 1 is the partial or total removal of the clitoral glans (the external and visible part of the clitoris, which is a sensitive...

Biomechanics of childbirth

The title of the article says ‘using biomechanics’, although the author did not use biomechanics. In the introduction, the author states, ‘with advances in three-dimensional models of the human body...

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