Obstetricians’ perceptions of midwife specialists’ roles in South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family MedicineBackground: The midwife specialists (MS) are trained midwifery professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to perform interventions to respond to complicated maternal and neonatal conditions.
Wanda Jacobs
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Midwifery manager’s experiences of knowledge and skills utilization by midwife specialists in the public health sector of South Africa [PDF]
BMC NursingIntroduction Midwife specialists are trained professionals who render low and high-risk maternity and neonatal healthcare services across the globe. A workforce shortage of trained obstetricians and neonatologists in the rural parts of South Africa led ...
Wanda Jacobs
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Evaluation of a strategy developed to revise the scope of practice to recognize midwife specialists’ competencies in South Africa [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality remain major global public health challenges, even in South Africa. These challenges have necessitated the expansion of midwives’ knowledge and skill through postgraduate training, preparing them ...
Wanda Jacobs
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South African midwife specialists practice: Medico-legal experts’ experiences [PDF]
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health SciencesBackground: Medical litigations are rising and becoming a global challenge. The multilayered demands of midwifery-related conditions and the multiple responsibilities of the midwifery team contribute to possible litigations.
Kagiso P. Tukisi +2 more
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South African midwife specialists’ experiences in the utilisation of their knowledge and skills [PDF]
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health SciencesBackground: Midwifery specialisation was introduced in 1993 as a response to escalating maternal and neonatal mortalities and shortage of physicians in rural parts of South Africa.
Kagiso P. Tukisi +2 more
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Misalignment in South African midwife specialists’ education and practice legal frameworks [PDF]
CurationisBackground: The midwifery specialisation is one of sixteen clinical nursing specialisations in South Africa aimed at ensuring safe and comprehensive patient care.
Kagiso P. Tukisi
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The current legislative framework hinders implementation of midwife-led models of care: South African context [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground The midwife specialists’ training was introduced in South Africa in 1980. The healthcare landscape in South Africa presents a critical challenge in maximising the potential of highly trained midwife specialists. Despite significant investments
Wanda Jacobs
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An exploration of clinical practice in sites with and without clinical nurse or midwife specialists or advanced nurse practitioners, in Ireland [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2016 Clinical specialist (CS) and advanced practitioner (AP) roles have increased in nursing and midwifery internationally. This study explored clinical practice in sites with and without clinical nurse or midwife specialists or advanced nurse practitioners in Ireland.Using a case study design, interview, observational and documentary data from postholding ...
Naomi Elliott, Agnes Higgins
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Africa Journal of Nursing and MidwiferyBackground: Although midwifery professionals markedly enhance outcomes for mothers and newborns, uneven or informal mentorship frameworks frequently impede their advanced abilities. The absence of organised, competency-based mentorship hinders the application of theoretical knowledge in clinical practice in resource-constrained maternity settings, thus
Neervani Jacpasad, Kholofelo L. Matlhaba
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SURVEY ON THE OPINION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES AMONG STUDENTS TRAINING IN THE "NURSES" AND "MIDWIVES" [PDF]
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2020 The aim of the research is, through a survey among students studying in the specialties "Nurse" and "Midwife", to study their opinion and attitude to the current models for conducting classes in the discipline "Sports", and in particular to their motor ...
A. Bozhkova, K. Gerasimov
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