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Open My Eyes Alice Allan's Open my...

Life after death: The bereavement midwife's role in later pregnancies

Milton Keynes University Hospital offers a bespoke antenatal care pathway to women who have suffered a previous loss, by offering care led by their community midwife at their GP's surgery or being...

Integrating public health practice into the graduate's role through pre-registration education

Midwifery public health practice has significant potential for minimising mortality and morbidity in future populations Many debilitating health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and some...

Postnatal smoking cessation advice: A reflective case study

Health promotion is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) as enabling others to have control of their health Indeed, Naidoo and Willis (2000) state that health promotion is providing...

Effect of gentle manual pressure on neonatal pain during heel prick: a randomised crossover trial

Heel prick tests are one of the most common needle-related painful procedures performed on neonates in hospitals (Carbajal, 2008) Various studies have suggested that acute episodic pain can cause...

Caring for pregnant women with long-term conditions: maternal and neonatal effects of epilepsy

Worldwide, epilepsy is thought to affect approximately 1% of people (Grant, 2016) Though subject to various methodological (definitions of disease) and clinical issues (diagnostic criteria) this...

Clinical practice: Perineal suturing

It is estimated that 1 000 women per day will experience perineal suturing following vaginal birth in the UK alone (Kettle et al, 2010) The aim of suturing perineal trauma is to achieve haemostasis,...

A clinical assessment tool for midwives undertaking the Newborn Infant Physical Examination

The purpose of the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) is to identify and refer all children born with congenital abnormalities of the eyes, heart, hips, and testes, where these are...

Periodontal health and pregnancy

This article discusses factors that affect periodontal (gum) health and implications associated with delay in conception and reported adverse pregnancy outcomes Periodontal disease is the result of a...

Randomised controlled trials

In December 2005, Professor (now Sir) Ian Wilmut, the first director of Edinburgh University's Centre for Regenerative Medicine, called for stem cell treatments to be offered to people with terminal...

Interview with Alice Gautreau

What made you want to work in the Congo? I've always wanted to go and work in Africa When I was a student midwife I did my elective placement in Ethiopia and I loved it—I had the best time so I...

Trace display Doppler monitors

Intrapartum fetal monitoring is going through a period of intense scrutiny in the UK Midwives are on the front line of cardiotocography (CTG) interpretation and intermittent auscultation (IA) of fetal...

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