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Workplace Culture

… or as individuals. For midwives, workplace culture happens in clinic spaces, hospitals, client homes, birth centres as well as on electronic communications and social media. Midwives don’t have very …

We need midwives who are unapologetically anti-racist

… mothering’ has landed us. The poor outcomes of our maternity care system where 98%+ of births occur within an obstetrical hospital model speak for themselves. Especially – most … particularly hurtful and re-traumatizing to many Indigenous, Black and racialized midwives and birth workers who continually navigate through various forms of racism and oppression at great … the disparities are in access, dignity, safety and quality of care that Indigenous and Black birthing people receive compared to white families. We need midwives who are unapologetically …

MRSA & VRE

… There is little evidence to suggest a newborn should be cared for any differently if the birthing parent has been identified to have an antibiotic-resistant organism. Healthy … end of the day or have them wait in a vacant clinic room. Refer to your practice, hospital or birth centre policies as appropriate. Routine screening of all health-care workers for MRSA and …

Black History Month: Uniting in solidarity to confront injustice and inequity (2024)

… and educators like Karline Wilson-Mitchell, RM, and Dr. JoAnne Rori have helped develop a Black Birth Care Masterclass as an opportunity to drive advocacy for African diasporic families and … and practices used in African American Postpartum care and more. ( Register for the Black Birth Care Masterclass .) See this video of AOM’s President Elect Althea Jones, RM , on Episode … Culture series with Amanda Parris which dives into the standards of care necessary for Black birthing people to feel safe in childbirth. Read Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey , a call to …

End of the Relationship

… and all communications about the termination. Is the midwife resigning their hospital/ birth centre privileges? N/A   …

Midwifery Investment an Important Step in Health-care Reform

… at providing high quality, evidence-based primary care to clients and their newborns in their homes, and birth centres, and at over 100 hospitals in Ontario. They provide care that Ontario families …

Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD)

… and symptoms: heart murmur, central cyanosis, tachycardia, tachypnea, feeding difficulties, low birth weight or delayed weight gain, excessive sweating, pale cool or clammy skin and lethargy. … may be missed in the first few days of life. Newborns primarily have fetal hemoglobin at birth, which has higher oxygen affinity, and their oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels can decrease … alone.  Missed CCHD screens are associated with multiple congenital malformations, low birth weight, prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction and critical congenital heart defects …
  • CCHD
  • newborn screening
  • pulse ox
  • heart disease

Episodic Care

… for Midwives . (5) Ensure clients have 24-hour access to midwifery care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum or, where midwifery care is not available, to suitable alternate care … ensure that a midwife or another care provider known to the client is available to attend the birth. (25) Provide complete and accurate client information to the consultant at the time of … it is a clear and familiar format, which any other provider can refer to. Entries for Planned Birth Attendant and Family physician/Primary care provider can be: 'none' or 'currently …

Closing the gap: Understanding Ontario midwives’ legal action

… in providing around-the-clock, on-call care for clients throughout pregnancy, labour and birth and the first six weeks after birth. Midwives follow clients/patients between community and hospital, depending on their …

Postpartum Hemorrhage

… recovery (available in six additional languages) .         Not What We Planned: Two Stories of Birth and Postpartum Hemorrhage . This video for clients provides factual, evidence-based …
  • postpartum hemorrhage
  • PPH
  • active management

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