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Midwives deliver - on World Refugee Day and every day

… by the United Nations to honour the courage and strength of people who have fled their home country to escape persecution or conflict. The date presents an opportunity to foster … lives. Midwives are well positioned to provide community-based, primary care for pregnancy, birth and postpartum to refugee clients. Midwifery care is free for anyone residing in Ontario, … care to these clients in their own language. I also provide personalized primary care at their homes. I attempt to guide, support, inform and empower these families, encouraging them to use …
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Postpartum and Newborn Care

… issues with your midwife, who will care for you and your baby for up to eight weeks after the birth (this is called postpartum care ). During this time, your midwife will provide guidance … yourself during this unique time in both of your lives. Regardless of where you give birth ( home , birth centre or hospital ), Your midwife will monitor your well-being at home or in the community for up to eight weeks after the birth. You can expect close follow-up …

Orientation & Ongoing Professional Development

… Orientation for midwives also includes: Community standards of practice Obtaining hospital/birth centre privileges Introductions to hospital staff and doctors Birth centre/hospital policies and procedures Geography of the services area Call schedules, … clinical work by having them attend clinic before births, attending their first few births at home and/or hospital with an identified mentor midwife, or seeking additional support when first …

BORN Clinical Reports

… surveillance in labour pharmacologic pain management in labour intervention by planned place of birth cervical ripening, induction of labour and augmentation indications for induction … to hospital during postpartum (not immediate) client length of stay from admission to discharge home, facility births newborn length of stay from birth to discharge home, facility-born term live births NICU admissions, term live births, by actual place of birth …

Clinical Record Forms

… recommended for all midwifery practice groups. Out-of-hospital clinical record forms - Normal birth package (no watermark) Out-of-hospital clinical record forms - Normal birth package … departure section of the form can be used to document the midwives departing from the client’s home or the client departing from the birth centre or clinic. If the newborn departure time is … birth centre aides. This form may be in the client file rather than in the birth package for home births. For births at the birth centre, it may also need to be in the birth record package …

Human Resources Shortages

… the evolving situation ("plan B") the discussion with the client Considerations for choice of birthplace During midwife shortages, there may be circumstances where midwives cannot safely offer out of hospital birth to clients. Midwives must draw upon their clinical skills and judgement to keep birth as … may be limited by: the unavailability of midwives or second attendants to attend a birth at home the availability and capacity of timely EMS services access to sufficient and adequate PPE …

Making BORN data entry easier: Resources for midwives and improvements to the BIS

… for midwives and practice administrators on the BORN Data Entry Resources page . Labour & birth BORN data templates Ever realize you don’t have all the BORN-requested labour & birth details when it came time to enter data into the BIS? Try the Labour & Birth BORN Data … BORN Ontario. Example questions include: “Do admission data elements need to be completed for home or clinic births?” and “How do I complete this data entry for the Newborn Hearing Screen if …

Birthplace Options

… Ontario midwives attend births at home , in hospital and in midwifery-led birth centres . During your pregnancy, your midwife will talk to you about your options, will …

Ukrainian-Canadian midwife supports midwives in Ukraine; Emergency skills and association recognition at the ICM top of agenda 

… Over three days, Daviss provided training to 56 attendees in managing vaginal breech births, postpartum hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, undiagnosed twins, cord prolapse and other … occurring in bomb shelters during air strikes have been reported by the international press. Home birth is currently unsupported by the state and most births take place in hospital settings … and lactation consultants, has facilitated a pathway for Ukrainian midwives to gain practical home birth experience under the guidance of Polish midwives. The group has also received funding …

Quality Improvement

… Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) supports research, such as that on the safety of home birth and critical analysis of practice group outcomes (e.g., caesarean section or breastfeeding … and Risk Management Committee reviews this report . Regular emergency skills training for the home and birth centre settings prepares midwives for rare emergencies (i.e., the AOM’s Emergency …

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