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Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (ners-ing) n. a body that superseded the UKCC in April 2002. It combines the functions of the old UKCC and the National Boards (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), having a regulatory role for both professional issues and education.
www.nmc-uk.org The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) is the UK regulator for the nursing and midwifery professions
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Midwifery Care Continues to Face Challenges; Canadian midwifery is still defining itself, one mother at a time
Magazine article from: Canadian Women's Health Network; 10/31/2003; ; 700+ words
; DESPITE ME GAINS THE MIDWIFERY PROFESSION HAS MADE IN CANADA OVER...MIDWIVES COLLEAGUES AND MAY RECOMMEND MIDWIFERY CARE TO THEIR PATIENTS OR CHOOSE IT...FEEL HESITANT OR EVEN HOSTILE ABOUT MIDWIFERY, THE WOMEN WHO PRACTISE IT AND THEIR...
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Professing midwifery.
Magazine article from: Royal College of Midwives-Evidence-Based Midwifery; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...taxi driver that you are a professor of midwifery and the response is likely to be 'You...then'! But of course professors of midwifery must also be academics, they must straddle...of the universe for any professor of midwifery or indeed any academic midwife, is the...
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Midwifery Communication and Accountability Project.
Newspaper article from: Special Delivery; 12/22/1994; 700+ words
; ...care providers. 3. Federal support for midwifery education from all appropriate sources...of Education. 4. Recognition of all midwifery educational programs and processes...the Interorganizational Workgroup on Midwifery Education agreement between ACNM and...
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Midwifery education in Jordan: history, challenges and proposed solutions.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of International Women's Studies; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...paper is to provide a historical overview of midwifery education in Jordan during the past fifty...with an emphasis on the first bachelor of midwifery program in Jordan. Nine challenges of midwifery education that include expanding midwifery...
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Midwifery in Iceland: time to celebrate.
Magazine article from: International Midwifery; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...This year 2008 and the next 2009, Icelandic midwifery has a reason to celebrate some of its defining...the 90-year anniversary of the Icelandic Midwifery Association. Since 1964, midwifery education in Iceland has been a two-year...
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Rethinking midwifery refresher programs as a recruitment strategy
Magazine article from: Australian Health Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...presents a case study on an innovative Midwifery Refresher Program in the context of current midwifery workforce issues. The refresher program...Internationally, health services are experiencing midwifery staff shortages (International Confederation...
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Midwifery's crystal ball? What does the future hold for midwifery? Noreen Kent describes a programme of work, which is set to shape the profession's direction and identify the changes it will need to make.(Midwifery 2020)
Magazine article from: Royal College of Midwives Journal; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Vision As the world continues to change, midwifery needs to change too--but what kind of midwifery services do we want to see by the year...to describe the future contribution of midwifery to maternity care in the UK. This was...
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Delivering Midwifery: The Integration of Midwifery into the Canadian Health Care System
Magazine article from: Canadian Women's Health Network; 7/31/1999; ; 700+ words
; delivering MIDWIFERY: The Integration of Midwifery into the Canadian Health Care System There have been some...progressive and long overdue. This is the integration of midwifery into the Canadian health care system. In the 1970s, the...
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Midwifery lecturer-practitioners' views and experiences of their role and responsibilities.
Magazine article from: Royal College of Midwives-Evidence-Based Midwifery; 12/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...information pertaining specifically to the midwifery lecturer-practitioner (MLP) role...of MLPs regarding their role spanning midwifery education and practice, identifying...to future implementation. Key words: Midwifery lecturer-practitioner, midwifery lecturer...
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Celebrating midwifery research in the South Pacific: Alison Eddy, Professional Projects Advisor at the New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM) describes two successful collaborative events in this region.
Magazine article from: International Midwifery; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...maternity system which is based on the midwifery model of care. New Zealand is a bicultural...participation and protection. The New Zealand midwifery profession's philosophy reflects the Treaty principles. Midwifery in New Zealand is also based on partnership...
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Midwifery
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Midwifery. Until the twentieth century, midwives...Martha Ballard, who began practicing midwifery in the late eighteenth century in the...teach in state‐recognized midwifery schools. Although some midwifery schools...
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midwifery
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
midwifery , art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for...these requirements extended also to women still engaged in midwifery. At this time professional schools of midwifery were established in Europe. Midwifery was only recognized...
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Obstetrics and Midwifery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Obstetrics and Midwifery Obstetrics and midwifery are two distinct but overlapping fields of medical knowledge...on the problems and difficulties of pregnancy and labor; midwifery emphasizes the normalcy of pregnancy while acknowledging...
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Nursing and Midwifery Council
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Council ( NMC ) ( ners -ing) n. a body that superseded...issues and education. www.nmc-uk.org The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) is the UK regulator for the nursing and midwifery professions
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Midwives
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...experiences as gossips, never considering midwifery as their primary roles. Others were...surgical colleagues. The regulation of midwifery varied considerably across Europe. Informally...birth clandestinely. In England, where midwifery practice was only lightly regulated...
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