Relationships: The hidden threads in the tapestry of maternity care

Hunter, Billie; Berg, Marie; Lundgren, Ingela; Ólafsdóttir, Ólöf Ásta; Kirkham, Mavis

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2008.02.003

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“…It would seem that, except for some continuity of carer schemes, UK midwives who try to provide relational care do so in a system that generally denies the significance and benefit of relationships. Acknowledging that relationships in midwifery practice are important is vital (Hunter et al, 2008). It could be construed that models of care influence relationships, and vice versa yet this needs further examination to see if this infers greater resilience and sustainability of practice.…”

Section: Relationships Sustainmentioning

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Sustainability and resilience in midwifery: A discussion paper

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Section: Relationships Sustainmentioning

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“…The same sense of insecurity emerged when there was not enough time to perform all their duties and had less time for the patients. The results show that human relationships (Hunter et al, 2008) can be likened to the threads that bind a fabric together. Good relationships between different professional categories and with patients are of fundamental importance for high quality maternity care (Olsson and Adolfsson, 2012).…”

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Expert midwives experiences of security in their professional practice: Im the captain of a jet

Högeryd¹,

Berndtsson²,

Lyckhage³

2014

Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery

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Obstetric units have become larger, with patients being knowledgeable and demanding. Also, established team works at maternity wards require that midwives are secure in their role. A descriptive study with a phenomenological approach was used. A maternity unit in a hospital located in Western Sweden was chosen. Five expert midwives with vast experience of obstetric care who worked in a maternity unit were interviewed. Data were collected by audio-taped interviews. The data were analysed by means of Giorgi's phenomenological method. The results showed that security was constituted by an inherent sense of security as well as confidence in self and in life. Education and practical group training in the workplace provided theoretical knowledge and practical experience. Support for others in the working team and open communication also constituted security. Also, clear leadership, guidelines and routines provided a framework and had a positive effect on expert midwives' sense of security. When security was absent, midwife became worried, the joy and harmony diminished. In order to ensure midwife security and ultimately safe patient care, it was important to allow time for rest, to reflect on and evaluate their work. Expert midwives can create the prerequisites for their professional security. Several constituents combine to shape midwives' sense of professional security; an inherent sense of security, own knowledge and experience, team collaboration, visible and clear leadership.

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“…Before the AR study commenced, the IARr (VN) and the external research group (MB, SD and TB) believed that establishment of a caring relationship was fundamental for developing optimal care in childbirth (Berg, Ó lafsdo´ttir, & Lundgren, 2012;Hunter, Berg, Lundgren, Ó lafsdo´ttir, & Kirkham, 2008;Kirkham, 2010). A caring relationship is grounded in the philosophical objective of the human having a responsibility for the other, or in the words of Levinas ''not letting the other alone'' (Lavoie, De Koninck, & Blondeau, 2006).…”

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Insider Action research as an approach and a method – Exploring institutional encounters from within a birthing context

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The aim of this paper was to describe the first person perspective of being a peer midwife and a novice researcher initiating collaborative AR in her own organization to develop knowledge about the first encounters between the labouring woman and her care-givers in a hospital birthing context. It was motivated by the author's longstanding professional clinical experience of observing and hearing parents' stories of vulnerability and fear of childbirth, and how staff's attitudes affected the childbirth experience negatively. Data were collected between 2010 and 2013 and included the researcher's log with reflections from clinical work, as well as interviews, participant observation, and research group communications. A reflective interpretative lifeworld research approach

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Relationships: The hidden threads in the tapestry of maternity care

Cited by 161 publications

References 22 publications

Sustainability and resilience in midwifery: A discussion paper

Sustainability and resilience in midwifery: A discussion paper

Expert midwives experiences of security in their professional practice: Im the captain of a jet

Insider Action research as an approach and a method – Exploring institutional encounters from within a birthing context

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