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Midwifery


The word midwife means ‘with woman’ and our job encompasses the care and support of women and their families during the antenatal (pregnancy), intrapartum (labour and birth) and postnatal (after delivery) period, up to 28 days.  Midwives are experts at dealing with normal pregnancy and birth, a doctor’s involvement would only need to be sought if there were any concerns (NHS Local 2014). 

Midwives work in a range of settings

 Community – GP surgeries, Children Centres and women’s Homes 
 
Hospital – Labour Ward, Antenatal Ward, Postnatal ward and antenatal consultant clinic

The work involves not just practical physical care and delivering babies but in on-going support and education, counselling and preparation of the women and their families for the delivery of a new life (NHS Careers 2014).

Royal College of Midwives
https://rcm.org.uk/

About this Resource:
This resource has been developed by the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University (BU) and funded by the BU Centre for Excellence in Learning. The contents have been developed and co-created by staff and students from BU. The site was designed by Thomas Galloway & Abraham Weiskorn, a Graphic Design Student from Portsmouth University and a Digital Media Design Student from Bournemouth University. The editors are: Dr Carol Clark Senior Academic - Physiotherapy and Dr Desi Tait Senior Academic - Nursing from Bournemouth University.

The aim of this site is to promote and facilitate inter-professional learning and collaboration in the theory and practice of pain management using a humanising approach to care (Todres 
et al 2009).
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  • Home
  • The IPE Pain Model
  • Assess Your Knowledge
    • Assessing Pain General Knowledge
    • Pain Processing in the Brain – Pain Memory
    • Pain Physiology
    • Reducing Perceptions of Pain
  • Stories
    • Mollie's Story
    • Anna's Story
    • Sanjeeta's Story
    • Lola's Story
  • Roles
    • Nurses >
      • Adult Nursing
      • Nursing Mental Health
    • Physiotherapy
    • Midwifery
    • Paramedic Practitioner
    • Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
  • Resources
    • Pain Recognition & People with Learning Difficulties
    • Child Case Study
    • Dorset Pain Society