Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting?
This study assessed midwives knowledge, skills and attitudes to maternity high-dependency care both before and after attendance at a hospital-based maternity high-dependency course. A mixed methodology design involved pre and post course knowledge testing, assessment of confidence and focus group...
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2013
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| description | This study assessed midwives knowledge, skills and attitudes to maternity high-dependency care both before and after attendance at a hospital-based maternity high-dependency course. A mixed methodology design involved pre and post course knowledge testing, assessment of confidence and focus group interviews. Pearsons’s chi-square analysis indicated a statistically significant improvement in midwifery knowledge (p = < 0.001), skills (p = 0.005), and confidence (p = < 0.004) 12 months after course completion. Thematic analysis of the focus group interview transcripts revealed three core themes that influenced confidence in clinical practice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-18512017-02-20T06:39:40Z Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? Kingwell, Emma Lee This study assessed midwives knowledge, skills and attitudes to maternity high-dependency care both before and after attendance at a hospital-based maternity high-dependency course. A mixed methodology design involved pre and post course knowledge testing, assessment of confidence and focus group interviews. Pearsons’s chi-square analysis indicated a statistically significant improvement in midwifery knowledge (p = < 0.001), skills (p = 0.005), and confidence (p = < 0.004) 12 months after course completion. Thematic analysis of the focus group interview transcripts revealed three core themes that influenced confidence in clinical practice. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1851 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kingwell, Emma Lee Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title | Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title_full | Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title_fullStr | Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title_short | Do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| title_sort | do midwives possess the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for acutely ill women within the tertiary maternity hospital setting? |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1851 |