Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Starting Life as a Midwife |
| Subtitle of host publication | An International Review of Transition from Student to Practitioner |
| Editors | Michelle Gray, Ellen Kitson-Reynolds, Allison Cummins |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-93852-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-93851-6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Birth of a Midwife : The Transitional Journey from Student to Practitioner. / Cummins, Allison ; Gray, Michelle.
Starting Life as a Midwife: An International Review of Transition from Student to Practitioner. ed. / Michelle Gray; Ellen Kitson-Reynolds; Allison Cummins. 1. ed. Springer, 2019. p. 1-17.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Birth of a Midwife
T2 - The Transitional Journey from Student to Practitioner
AU - Cummins, Allison
AU - Gray, Michelle
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Australia has a mixed private and public health service. The majority of childbearing women will access maternity services through the public health system. The majority of midwives will work as part of the public health system. Most births occur in hospitals attended by a midwife, less than a third of all births occur in a private hospital with an obstetrician, a small proportion occur in a birth centre and <1% occur at home with a privately practising midwife. Midwives are employed to work on a roster in a public or private hospital. Some will work in small group practices providing care to a caseload of women known as midwifery-led continuity of care, usually in the hospital or birth centre setting. An even smaller proportion will provide homebirth as part of the public system or as a privately practising midwife in their own business. Pathways to becoming a midwife include a direct entry undergraduate degree, a direct entry double degree in nursing and midwifery and a postgraduate degree designed for registered nurses. Midwifery is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and all midwives need to be registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority. Newly graduated midwives have traditionally completed a transition to practice program that involves working for a specified period of time in each area of the maternity service. More recently new graduate midwives have been employed directly into midwifery-led continuity of care models. This chapter will provide an overview of the transitional journey from midwifery student to newly graduated midwife in the Australian context.
AB - Australia has a mixed private and public health service. The majority of childbearing women will access maternity services through the public health system. The majority of midwives will work as part of the public health system. Most births occur in hospitals attended by a midwife, less than a third of all births occur in a private hospital with an obstetrician, a small proportion occur in a birth centre and <1% occur at home with a privately practising midwife. Midwives are employed to work on a roster in a public or private hospital. Some will work in small group practices providing care to a caseload of women known as midwifery-led continuity of care, usually in the hospital or birth centre setting. An even smaller proportion will provide homebirth as part of the public system or as a privately practising midwife in their own business. Pathways to becoming a midwife include a direct entry undergraduate degree, a direct entry double degree in nursing and midwifery and a postgraduate degree designed for registered nurses. Midwifery is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and all midwives need to be registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority. Newly graduated midwives have traditionally completed a transition to practice program that involves working for a specified period of time in each area of the maternity service. More recently new graduate midwives have been employed directly into midwifery-led continuity of care models. This chapter will provide an overview of the transitional journey from midwifery student to newly graduated midwife in the Australian context.
KW - Graduates
KW - Transition to practice
KW - Regulation
KW - Legislation
KW - Education
KW - Preparation for practice
KW - New midwives
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-93852-3_1
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SN - 978-3-319-93851-6
SP - 1
EP - 17
BT - Starting Life as a Midwife
A2 - Gray, Michelle
A2 - Kitson-Reynolds, Ellen
A2 - Cummins, Allison
PB - Springer
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