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The London Network for Nurses and Midwives

British Journal of Nursing, 2006
The London Standing Conference for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors was started in 1999 by Chris Beasley. Her vision was to provide a new forum and process for nurses which would enable them to have a voice about professional issues and the modernization of health care in London.
Elisabeth, Pullar, Alison, Stonehouse
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Burnout experienced by nurse-midwives

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1986
In 1982 the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was completed by 98 US educated and employed certified nurse-midwives. The respondents represented 49% of a randomly selected sample stratified according to regions of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents reported low levels of burnout on all six ...
R C, Beaver, E S, Sharp, G A, Cotsonis
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Nurse Midwives with Women: Ways of Knowing in Nurse Midwives

International Journal of Human Caring, 2007
Certified nurse midwives (CNMs) make significant contributions to the care of women and newborns. This descriptive phenomenological study documents ways of knowing in CNMs practicing in Utah. Participants described their roles in the provision of direct care (micro-level) and as advocates for women (macro-level). Clinical expertise coupled with a sense
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Survey of Connecticut Nurse‐Midwives

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2007
Descriptive data on nurse‐midwifery income, workload, job definitions, employment benefits, and clinical practices are limited. Information about nurse‐midwifery practice today is important for the growth of the profession and for future policy initiatives. A survey of nurse‐midwives in Connecticut was conducted in 2005.
Margaret L, Holland, Eliza S, Holland
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Smoking habits of nurses and midwives

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1990
A study was designed to examine the hypothesis that increased awareness of the health hazards of smoking aids smoking cessation in female health care workers One hundred and thirteen nurses and midwives completed a questionnaire about their smoking habits When the group was tested as a whole against the national average for the same socio‐economic ...
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Doctoral preparation for nurse-midwives

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1988
Nurse-midwives are living and practicing in an environment where human relationships are complex, where scientific knowledge is accumulating at a tremendously rapid pace, where the development and use of new technology are often overwhelming, and where there is increasing competition among different types of care providers for the opportunity to offer ...
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Code of ethics for nurse-midwives

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1986
Abstract A Code of Ethics for Nurse-Midwives presents a brief review of health care codes and their value, along with a proposed code of ethics for consideration by the American College of Nurse-Midwives and midwives anywhere. Out of the discussion may come an adopted code-this one, a variant, some other-or none, but the discussion will sharpen ...
H O, Thompson, J E, Thompson
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Global Alliance for Nurses and Midwives

MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 2007
Telecommunications connect the world in unprecedented ways! Today the Internet is the tool for truly global collaboration to promote human development. Maternal-child health nurses who were formerly isolated in their own practices can now meet share and strategize in online virtual communities.
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Credentialing and Privileging Nurse-Midwives

Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1998
Nurse-midwives are one category of advanced practice nurse increasingly seeking hospital privileges to admit patients on their own recognizance. This article provides a framework for those health care institutions and insurers who are credentialing nurse-midwives. Nurse-midwifery educational preparation, licensure, scope of practice, relationships with
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Midwives and nurses awareness of patients’ rights

Midwifery, 2009
to determine the level of awareness of patients' rights among midwives and nurses working in the third and fourth largest cities in Turkey.cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted among participants working in university hospitals, state hospitals and village clinics.
Hakan Özdemir M., Özgür Can I., Ergönen A.T., Hilal A., Önder M., Meral D.   +5 more
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