An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness

Abstract Midwives are expected to manage caseloads of women with a range of physical and psychological issues. This study aims to explore student midwives’ views of working with mental health problems and offers an insight into the education they receive in order to practice as competent midwives. T...

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Main Author: Alex, Shaw
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27095/
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description Abstract Midwives are expected to manage caseloads of women with a range of physical and psychological issues. This study aims to explore student midwives’ views of working with mental health problems and offers an insight into the education they receive in order to practice as competent midwives. The study undertook semi-structured interviews with seven undergraduate student midwives all in their final year of study. Analysis of the transcribed interviews resulted in four key themes emerging: apprehension, education, mental health problems and support, and midwifery. The findings of this research are used to suggest implications for both midwifery and nursing practice.
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spelling nottingham-270952017-10-19T21:41:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27095/ An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness Alex, Shaw Abstract Midwives are expected to manage caseloads of women with a range of physical and psychological issues. This study aims to explore student midwives’ views of working with mental health problems and offers an insight into the education they receive in order to practice as competent midwives. The study undertook semi-structured interviews with seven undergraduate student midwives all in their final year of study. Analysis of the transcribed interviews resulted in four key themes emerging: apprehension, education, mental health problems and support, and midwifery. The findings of this research are used to suggest implications for both midwifery and nursing practice. 2014-06 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27095/1/Dissertation_Final_March_2014.pdf Alex, Shaw (2014) An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title_full An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title_fullStr An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title_full_unstemmed An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title_short An exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
title_sort exploration of student midwives perceptions and experiences of working with women who have post natal illness
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27095/