Sentences with phrase «independent practicing midwives»
Independent practicing midwives provide care to healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies, referred to as «midwife - led care».
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It seemed too often I was learning the hard way, and as importantly, I felt I was accumulating a tremendous amount of knowledge that should be documented and shared with fellow midwives who also had vision for establishing their own independent practices.
The same midwife for example, would alter her clinical practice guidelines independent of her own expertise, when relocating to a new practice setting or community to reflect the collaborative infrastructure and standard of care specific to her new environment.
As a board member of the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives (NYSALM) since 2010, Kate provided strategic support for legislation strengthening independent midwifery practice, collaborative relationships, and birth centers.
We contacted 502 of the midwives (94.0 %); 32 (6.0 %) could not be located through email, telephone, post, or local associations, 82 (15.4 %) had stopped independent practice, and 11 (2.1 %) had retired.
If a government - run health service decides to seriously restrict the practice of midwives, then a woman's right to choose a home birth becomes a moot point because even if she can secure the services of an Independent Midwife, or if she qualifies for one of the handful of hospital - led home birth schemes (known as DOMINO)-- she will not genuinely be «allowed» to make this choice because midwives are not covered by insurance to attend these births.
Keep in mind that most reports that CPM / lay midwives / direct entry midwives use to try and legitimize their practices here are compiled from data that uses numbers from midwives in places like Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand, where the standard education and training is university level and the midwives are independent practitioners and able to attend women in hospitals as well as at home.
Licensed Midwives in Washington state are independent health care providers, serving as part of the larger healthcare community that also includes obstetricians, family practice physicians, naturopathic doctors, and other allied health care providers.
Each of our rooms are also home to a number of geodes, which encourage staff as we embark upon the rather uncharted territory of independent practice for nurse - midwives.
The Lucina Centre houses two beautiful birthing rooms, the Lucina Midwives practice, and a variety of independent health and wellness practitioners.