Midwifery
Sir, — Much of the blame for the shortage of midwives in New Zealand has been attributed to the switch of midwifery education from hospital based programmes to within the Advanced Diploma of Nursing course at polytechnics. The reason has more to do with the dubious future of the midwife in New Zealand, a country that boasts a high standard of maternity care. The 1984 amendment to the Nurses Act allows for specialised maternity care to be given by a registered nurse — midwife preferred, but not an essential requirement. I query the safety of. this practice for mothers and babies. The move to education of midwives in polytechnics has brought a dramatic reduction in graduate numbers. Entry to the course requires one year’s obstetric experience as a registered nurse, followed by one year of intensive study before sitting qualifying exams. Would you bother if it wasn’t an essential requirement to practise? — Yours, etc., STEPHANIE M. O’CONNOR, Midwife. June 28, 1985.
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