Midwifery
Midwives are delivering above and beyond
May 5, 2021
Despite a challenging pandemic enveloping our globe, midwives have continued their selfless roles delivering thousands of babies around the clock, while also campaigning for safe staffing ratios in NSW. On International Day of the Midwife (5 May), the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is honouring the resilience of its midwifery members and their determination…
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Midwifery
Midwives are delivering above and beyond
May 5, 2021
Despite a challenging pandemic enveloping our globe, midwives have continued their selfless roles delivering thousands…
Midwifery
Push to overhaul maternity staffing
April 7, 2021
The NSWNMA award claim for 2021 seeks to overhaul maternity unit staffing with minimum ratios…
Midwifery
Heroic efforts of Lismore midwives’ honoured
March 24, 2021
The courage of two local midwives who bravely put mothers and babies’ lives before their…
Midwifery
One-on-one midwife care linked to lower risk of prematu...
January 20, 2021
Women who have a midwife as their main carer throughout pregnancy and birth are around…
Midwifery
‘Like a piranha’: how midwives’ descr...
January 12, 2021
The World Health Organisation (WHO) promotes exclusive breastfeeding as the optimal way to feed infants.…
Midwifery
Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Here’...
January 4, 2021
Many pregnant women worry about birth. Some, however, suffer from a much more serious condition…
Midwifery
Blacktown Hospital fails to fix maternity crisis
December 18, 2020
UPDATE: Since publishing, Blacktown Hospital has finally started advertising for the 15 FTE midwifery vacancies.…
Midwifery
Dire situation forces Blacktown midwives to speak out
November 18, 2020
Traumatised and fatigued midwives at Blacktown Hospital are in desperate need of relief from unsafe…
Midwifery
Midwife elected to NZ Parliament in Labour LandslideÂ...
October 19, 2020
A midwifery lecturer has been elected for Labour in a safe conservative seat following Jacinda Ardern’s landslide victory in…