Midwifery: preparation for practice

Part A: Partners SECTION 1: CONTEXTS 1. Australian and New Zealand Health and Maternity Services - Karen Guilliland New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Sally K Tracy and Carol Thorogood 2. Australian and New Zealand context - Jill White, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 3. Understanding World Views for Midwifery - Karen Lane, Deakin University, VIC 4. Risk and Safety - Joan Skinner, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ 5. Ways of looking at evidence & measurement - Sally K Tracy 6. Place of birth - Maralyn Foureur, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ & Marion Hunter, Auckland University of Technology, NZ SECTION 2: THE WOMAN 7. Challenges to Womens health - Caroline Homer, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW 8. Making decisions about fertility - Sally K Tracy 9. Transitions - Jan Pincombe SECTION 3: THE MIDWIFE 10. Professional frameworks for midwifery practice in Australia & New Zealand - Sally Pairman and Roslyn Donnellan-Fernandez, Department of Health Services, South Australia, SA 11. Legal frameworks for practice in Australia & New Zealand - Helen Newnham, Edith Cowan University, WA and Jackie Pearse NZCOM 12. Ethical frameworks for midwifery practice - Lynley Anderson, Otago University, NZCOM and Bronwen Pelvin NZCOM 13. Life skills for midwifery practice - Bronwen Pelvin Part B: Midwifery Practice SECTION 4: PARTNERSHIP 14. Theoretical frameworks for midwifery practice - Sally Pairman, & Judith McAra Couper, Auckland University of Technology, NZ 15. Working in partnership - Nicky Leap, University of Technology Sydney and SESIAHS, NSW & Sally Pairman 16. Working in collaboration - Sally K Tracy and Suzanne Miller, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ 17. Promoting physiological birth - Nicky Leap SECTION 5: AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE 18. Physiology of conception & pregnancy - Sally Baddock, Otago Polytechnic, NZ 19. Nutrition for childbearing - Sandra Elias, Otago Polytechnic, NZ 20. Working with women in pregnancy - Celia Grigg, Christchurch Hospital, NZ 21. Physiology of labour & the postnatal period - Sally Baddock & Lesley Dixon, Burwood Primary Birth Unit, NZ 22. Supporting women in labour & birth - Juliet Thorpe, Independent Midwife & Jacqui Anderson, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, NZ 23. Working with pain in labour - Nicky Leap and Stephanie Vague, Independent Midwife 24. Water for labour & birth - Robyn Maude, Massey University, NSW and Shea Caplice, SESIAHS, NSW 25. Maintaining the integrity of the Pelvic floor - Sue Hendy, Midwifery Consultant, NSW 26. Supporting women becoming mothers - Lesley Dixon 27. Supporting the newborn infant - Jackie Gunn, Auckland University of Technology, NZ 28. Supporting the Breastfeeding Mother - Ann Henderson Women & Childrens Hospital, Adelaide, SA & Marlene Scobbie, Birth Care Auckland, NZ 29. Pharmacology & Prescribing - Marion Hunter, Auckland University of Technology, NZ & Jackie Gunn, Auckland University of Technology, NZ 30. Completing the midwife/woman partnership - Rhondda Davies, Independent Midwife, NZ 31. Contraception - Helen Calabretto, University of South Australia, SA SECTION 6: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE 32. Screening & assessment - Sally K Tracy 33. Complications in pregnancy - Christine Griffiths, Independent Midwife, NZ & Carol Thorogood 34. Complications in labour & birth - Carol Thorogood and Catherine Donaldson, Independent Midwifery Educator & Midwife 35. Interventions: the evidence - Sally K Tracy 36. Life threatening emergencies - Carol Thorogood & Sue Hendy 37. Complications with the postnatal period - Jenny Gamble, Griffith University, QLD & Debra Creedy, Griffith University, QLD 38. Complications of the newborn - Linda Jones, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, VIC & Annette Wright, Royal Hospital for Women Sydney, NSW 39. Grief & bereavement - Chris Stanbridge, NZCOM

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""Midwifery: Preparation for Practice"" focuses on placing the woman and midwife at the center of care, in line with the philosophy, education and practice standards set by the Australian College of Midwives and the New Zealand College of Midwives. It reflects the socio-political contexts in which students in the two countries practice.