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International Day of the Midwife 2024; reflecting on midwifery’s position in the global community in the era of climate change.

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Every time I hear about these kinds of environmental disasters, I think about the midwives working in those areas and how they might be able to continue with their work and ensure safe outcomes for women and babies. Sato M, Nakamura Y, Atogami F, Horiguchi R, Tamaki R, Yoshizawa T, Oshitani H. 2022; 23(21):12743.

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The Three R's of Nursing

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

I posit that there are " Three R's " of nursing, and I identify them as respect, remuneration, and recognition. Since we've now identified my three R's, let's examine each one: Recognition We all want to be recognized, both for our efforts and who we are. Respect Ah, R-E-S-P-E-C-T. How much is that truly worth?

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Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP’s) in Maternity, part of the Modern Midwifery Workforce?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In this blog Jenna takes us through some of the recent UK developments regarding Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles in Midwifery. Having previously worked in A&E as an HCA, Jenna often reflects on the Advanced Practitioners she knew and admired there and wondered why such a pathway didn’t seem as prominent in Midwifery.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Alex, who is in between us right now? He’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician, and he’s very interested in prognostic modeling and has done research using both machine learning, which is a form of artificial intelligence. Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence.

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Vot-ER: A Nonpartisan Voter Registration Resource for Health Care Settings

AJN Off the Charts

But as I stood on the cusp of motherhood, weeks away from giving birth to a baby boy, Michael Brown’s death hit close to home. Our baby was coming, and crying would not change the unjust world he was being born into. I brought voter registration drives to barber shops and schools—any place that would have us.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Eric: And Alex, we got a lot of people out with us, including someone between us. This topic we’re going to be covering, social isolation and loneliness, it’s great that for this podcast we have so many people with us today. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: Now, it’s interesting. All right.

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The reality of research: Seeking ethical approval

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

We urge others, if given the opportunity, to have the resilience, commitment, and motivation to conduct primary research; please do not be deterred by the word ‘ethics’, it is a ‘journey’, but a surmountable one that will provide rich and insightful rewards enabling us all to provide higher quality care to our patients and families.

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