Training midwives to help pregnant women stop smoking: all midwives should receive the necessary training to enable them to help pregnant women give up smoking
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Pregnant women see healthcare providers as an important source of information with regard to health behaviour during pregnancy. However there is evidence that smoking cessation and intervention counselling is not routinely offered by health care providers. A study in the maternity unit of a teaching hospital selected midwives and pregnant women, placing them in a treatment group and a control group. The study showed no difference between the women who gave up smoking in the treatment group and those in the control group, although women in the treatment group cut the number of cigarattes smoked by more. It is believed that some women continue to smoke during pregnancy in spite of knowing the effects, and an anti smoking interventions must reflect the specific needs of women.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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The route to true autonomous practice for midwives
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Midwives will not have autonomy unless they have the power to make decisions, are accountable for their actions and have confidence in their own judgement. However, midwives have to defer to doctors because pregnancy is seen as a medical condition which needs specialist intervention. This decreases midwives' ability to be in control. Getting involved in budgeting and policy-making can help midwives to maintain some control, however, the decrease in junior doctors' hours may result in midwives being expected to take on duties without appropriate training.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Midwives must act to ensure that professional supervision and therefore the public are not endangered by the latest review
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UK midwives must ensure that they make informed and articulate responses to the review of the 1979 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act. In particular, they must consider whether legislation on the supervision of midwifery is still required and the protection this legislation provides the public. It is clear that there are benefits associated with midwifery supervision being a legislative requirement. Indeed, supervision has now become a key element of midwifery practice.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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