‘Asking the hard questions’: Improving midwifery students' confidence with domestic violence screening in pregnancy
Domestic violence is a global public health issue. Midwives are ideally placed to screen for, and respond to, disclosure of domestic violence. Qualified midwives and midwifery students report a lack of preparedness and low levels of confidence in working with women who disclose domestic violence. This paper reports the findings from an education intervention designed to increase midwifery students' confidence in working with pregnant women who disclose domestic violence. An authentic practice video and associated interactive workshop was developed to bring the ‘woman’ into the classroom and to provide role-modelling of...
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Rachel Smith, Raechel Wight, Caroline S.E. Homer Tags: Midwifery Education in Practice Source Type: research
The Supportive Hospice and Aged Residential Exchange (SHARE) programme in New Zealand
Research indicates that staff in aged residential care may be unprepared for their role in palliative care provision. In collaboration with a local hospice, the project piloted an innovative problem-based experiential learning intervention Supportive Hospice and Aged Residential Exchange (SHARE) to enhance aged residential care staff palliative care skills. The aim was to explore the impact of SHARE for staff. SHARE was implemented in two aged residential care facilities in one urban centre for six months. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Rosemary Frey, Michal Boyd, Jackie Robinson, Sue Foster, Merryn Gott Source Type: research
Merging contemporary learning theory with mental health promotion to produce an effective schools-based program
Approximately three quarters of all major mental disorders begin in adolescence. Finding ways to buffer against stress, access social support and connection and flexibly draw upon a range of coping mechanisms are vital strategies that young people can use to promote mental health and wellbeing and to navigate this turbulent life transition successfully. Within Australia, like other parts of the world such as the UK and the USA, it is a sad reality that when young people do become distressed they are not self-caring or supporting others effectively, and not seeking or receiving appropriate help. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret McAllister, Bruce Allen Knight, Cathie Withyman Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Building midwifery educator capacity using international partnerships: Findings from a qualitative study
Midwifery educators play a critical role in strengthening the midwifery workforce globally, including in low and lower-middle income countries (LMIC) to ensure that midwives are adequately prepared to deliver quality midwifery care. The most effective approach to building midwifery educator capacity is not always clear. The aim of this study was to determine how one capacity building approach in Papua New Guinea (PNG) used international partnerships to improve teaching and learning. A qualitative exploratory case study design was used to explore the perspectives of 26 midwifery educators working in midwifery education inst...
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 8, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Florence West, Angela Dawson, Caroline S.E. Homer Source Type: research
A mixed-method evaluation of a New Zealand based midwifery education development unit
The Midwifery Development Education Service was established in the Birthing Unit at Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland New Zealand in 2007. The service is unique in the New Zealand midwifery context for the way it operates as a collaboration between the education and health provider to optimise the clinical learning experience of student midwives. This paper reports on the evaluation of the Midwifery Development Education Service that was undertaken in 2015. The evaluation captured the views and experience of students and midwives who had been involved with, or had worked alongside, the service. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 8, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Judith McAra-Couper, Andrea Gilkison, Anna Fielder, Heather Donald Tags: Midwifery Education in Practice Source Type: research
