Since I qualified and started work at my new hospital back in October I had been working on the maternity ward; a mixed antenatal and postnatal ward, and although a ward environment definitely isn’t my favourite (as you will…
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So for those of you who don’t know, in addition to completing the required practice hours on the course, achieving the necessary skills and passing all your modules, there are certain things you need to have done to meet…
Can’t believe I’m in the final few weeks now – really getting close to finishing now! I had two shifts last week – and on both I was pulled to the delivery unit to help out as the birth…
So in my last post I finished on a night shift. At the end of that night shift (technically Monday morning) we did my final placement grading ever! Eek! It’s always quite daunting doing placement gradings, but this one,…
Midwife Mondays 149: Final sign offs, graduation tickets and more time on the midwife led birth unit
The weeks just seem to be whizzing by at the moment, and with each one I’m ticking off more of the boxes I need to qualify. Definitely getting closer to finishing now; and every week there is something to…
Getting so close to the end of the course now; genuinely can’t quite believe it! When I started, everyone said it would go quickly and I don’t think I believed them – but it really has! Only a matter…
Week 147 in the world of this Student Midwife was a bit of crazy one…I seem to say that a lot but I guess that’s part of the world of midwifery! It’s quite a long post for this one…
Just as a bit of disclaimer:1. I did witness some of the darker and sadder sides of midwifery out in tanzania, including a neonatal death, so this is a bit of a warning for that too but I think it’s…
So, as I mentioned before, week two was the week it all got a bit more intense out there. The first week had been intense in it’s own way, but in no way had I been expecting to get…
So, after weeks of sitting at my desk and swatting up over my dissertation, this week I was finally back in the hospital – yay! I had one week scheduled on the Midwife Led Birth Unit, to get my…
