High-Risk Midwifery Placements

Midwives are the experts in normality in the childbearing continuum. They do their best to promote this at every opportunity, and try to work in partnership with women to achieve normal childbirth as far as possible. Caring for women and neonates at high risk requires midwives to demonstrate a range...

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Published inThe Hands-On Guide to Midwifery Placements pp. 103 - 131
Main Authors Fisher, Margaret, Cescutti-Butler, Luisa
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2015
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Subjects
childbearing continuum
high dependency care
high‐risk midwifery placements
intensive care
interprofessional teamwork
neonatal care
special care
transitional care
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Summary:Midwives are the experts in normality in the childbearing continuum. They do their best to promote this at every opportunity, and try to work in partnership with women to achieve normal childbirth as far as possible. Caring for women and neonates at high risk requires midwives to demonstrate a range of skills, a depth of knowledge and a woman‐centred attitude. It is for this reason that high‐risk midwifery placements will be extremely valuable as they will witness for themselves, and gradually begin to participate in the care of these women who perhaps need their midwife even more. This chapter explores the categorisation of neonatal care introduced by the British Association of Perinatal Medicine. The categories include intensive care, high dependency care, special care and transitional care. An important aspect of caring for women in high‐risk categories is interprofessional teamwork.
ISBN:111871251X
9781118712511
DOI:10.1002/9781119548904.ch5