Developing and validating a self-assessment tool for assessing confidence of nurse-midwives against competency domains of the International Confederation of Midwives, in India. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthWhile midwives are recognized as primary care-providers for maternal and new-born care in many parts of the world, India is transitioning to professional midwifery.
Bharati Sharma +10 more
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Improving Tanzanian student nurse-midwives’ knowledge, skills and attitude in postpartum hemorrhage prevention through simulation-based education: a pre-post quasi experimental study [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal deaths in Tanzania, highlighting the critical need for effective training for student nurse-midwives in ordinary diploma programs.
Rose Faustine +4 more
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Determinants of nurse-midwives' compliance with delayed cord clamping in primary and secondary health facilities, Tanga Region: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthBackgroundDelayed Cord Clamping (DCC) is a proven intervention that improves both maternal and newborn outcome. However, adherence to DCC remains low, and its determinants are not yet well understood.Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of ...
Rehema Abdallah +3 more
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Why do women assume a supine position when giving birth? The perceptions and experiences of postnatal mothers and nurse-midwives in Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Before the advent of Western medicine in Tanzania, women gave birth in an upright position either by sitting, squatting or kneeling. Birthing women would hold ropes or trees as a way of gaining strength and stability in order to push the baby ...
Lilian Teddy Mselle, Lucia Eustace
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“…We never considered it important…”: a qualitative study on perceived barriers on use of non-pharmacological methods in management of labour pain by nurse-midwives in eastern Tanzania [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground A significant number of women experience labour without effective pain management and thus suffer from unbearable labour pain to the extent they term labour as the most agonizing event in their lives. Unresolved labour pain can lead to stress,
Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga +3 more
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Work performance and calling as factors influencing job satisfaction among nurse midwives working in the delivery room [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2020 Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate work performance and calling as determinants of job satisfaction among nurse midwives. Methods The participants of this study were registered nurse midwives who had worked in the delivery room for more
Geum Ah Jung, Moon Jeong Kim
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Nurse-midwives reconfiguring care in the scope of labor and births in COVID-19 times [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021 Objectives: to analyze how the nurse-midwives of maternity wards that were fields of practice for an improvement course in obstetrics have reorganized care in the context of labor and birth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paolla Amorim Malheiros Dulfe +6 more
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Evaluation of a method to identify midwives in national provider identifier data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Objectives Comparison of national midwife workforce data from the National Provider Identifier file determined it undercounted midwives compared to national data available from the American Midwifery Certification Board. This undercount may be due to the
Jennifer Vanderlaan, Karen Jefferson
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Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2023 Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the nurse-midwives’ knowledge and practices regarding placenta examination in a delivery room in Baghdad teaching hospitals.
Sarab Nasr, Rabea Mohsen Ali
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Comparative Cost of Early Infant Male Circumcision by Nurse-Midwives and Doctors in Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The 14 countries that are scaling up voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention are also considering early infant male circumcision (EIMC) to ensure longer-term reductions in HIV incidence.
Biddle, AK +8 more
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