Nurses and midwives.

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses

This handbook has the merit of having been written from the nurse's point of view. The style is simple and direct and the difficult task of making the more scientific aspects of the subject intelligible to pupil midwives has been met by the use of illustrations from nursing experience. In this respect the book possesses a distinct advantage over several of the midwifery handbooks in current iis...

Safeguarding Children Guide for Nurses Midwives?

Introduction What is `safeguarding'? The Victoria Climbie inquiry Nursing evidence to the inquiry Inquiry recommendations The Government response National Service Frameworks A safeguarding guide for nurses and midwives The universality of nursing and midwifery Professional accountability Core attributes The scale of the problem Underpinning philosophy Outline of the remaining chapters Messages...

Medical education and informal teaching by nurses and midwives

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of nurses and midwives to the education of medical colleagues in the clinical context. METHODS The research design was a cross-sectional survey using an online questionnaire. A subsample of 2906 respondents, from a total of 4763 nurses and midwives participating in a web-based study, had taught doctors in the 12 months prior to t...

Sleep, stress and compensatory behaviors in Australian nurses and midwives.

OBJECTIVE To describe sleep, stress and compensatory behaviors in nurses and midwives. METHODS The study included 41 midwives and 21 nurses working in Australian hospitals between 2005 and 2009. Participation was voluntary. All participants recorded on a daily basis their work and sleep hours, levels of stress and exhaustion, caffeine intake and use of sleep aids for a month (1,736 days, 1,00...