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Midwife Essay | Identifying the Roles and Responsibilities of a Midwife

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This Midwife Essay describes a woman who has become pregnant by a married man, who has denied taking initiative in the development of the child. The essay focuses on my performance as a nurse in the care of the concerned woman. This essay aims to focus on the facts of how I have pushed my limits to provide proper physical as well as mental support to the lady. How I have helped her to express her feelings and to take care of her own self and baby. The report "Midwife Essay" also discusses the importance of teamwork, which is required in certain cases, keeping in mind certain professional boundaries and responsibilities. The type of care that has been provided is on the basis of evidence-based practice. Light has also been thrown on different areas where the nursing care type can be improvised and improved.

Midwife Essay | Identifying the Roles and Responsibilities of a Midwife

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Running head: ESSAY IN MIDWIFERYESSAY IN MIDWIFERYName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor’s note
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1ESSAY IN MIDWIFERYIntroductionThis essay describes about a woman who have become pregnant by a married man, whohas denied taking initiative in the development of the child. The essay focuses on myperformance as a nurse in the care of the concerned woman. This essay aims to focus on the factshow I have pushed my limits to provide a proper physical as well as mental support to the lady.How I have helped her to express her feelings and to take care of her own self and baby. Thereport also discuses about the importance of the teamwork, that is required in certain cases,keeping in mind certain professional boundaries and responsibilities. The type of care that hasbeen provided is on the basis of evidence based practice. Light has also been thrown on differentareas where the nursing care type can be improvised and improved. Motherhood is the best part of a women’s life and should be cherished throughout to getthe essence of it. It is a wonderful feeling as long as the mother is happy and there are nocomplications. In this phase the mental status of a mother directly affects the physical health ofthe child and the mother (Liu et al., 2012). Unwanted pregnancy before marriage can bring aboutdistress in both the mother and child’s life. It has a direct impact on the physical and thepsychological well being of the patient. During this time the body requires incessant care fromboth the mother and the father. Lack of a loving husband and care can have a detrimental effectin the health of the child and both the mother (Alio et al., 2013). Bonding of love between aparent and a child is very crucial and important for the integrity of the family and the
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2ESSAY IN MIDWIFERYdevelopment of the child. An unintended and unwanted child can have a negative impact in thewell being of the expected mothers. This essay focuses on a particular scenario where a 45 years old woman gets pregnant bya married man. The pregnancy was unintentional and unwanted. Furthermore the man had socialburdens due to which he refrained from taking the responsibilities of his own child. Eventually,fell prey to drugs, out of anxiety and depression (Briggs, Freeman & Yaffe, 2012). She wasturned homeless during the antenatal assessment of the unborn child. Nobody was there to him tohelp her out during that time. Out of depression she has started taking drugs like heroin andcocaine, being not aware of the fact that these might harm her baby (Briggs, Freeman & Yaffe,2012). She has been suffering from several mental health issues that had created problems likedistrust. She has stopped adhering to the medications provided to her, but she had stopped takingthem in fear, that those might cause harm to her unborn child. It has also been reported that shehad been in rehab for twice for drugs, but that could not bring any improvement in her life.Furthermore the mother is in her mid 40’s which indicates that she had already on the verge ofaging. I have been appointed to care for the concerned woman. This kind of a woman needsphysical support extensive moral and spiritual support to sustain their life. Things would havebeen different had it been an only woman. It is also necessary to choose a type of care that isessential for the mother as well as the child. As a care giver it is very necessary to communicateto the woman. Pregnant mother who had been exposed to great stress might affect the well beingof their child (Baker et al., 2012). Stress during pregnancy can lead to mental scars on the unbornchild which can have a lifelong effect. It is suggested that a mother facing unnecessary crisis canleave an effect on the brain of the children. It is known from the case study that the woman had
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3ESSAY IN MIDWIFERYbecome addicted to drug twice. Care should be taken such that the woman does not become thevictim of drug once again. Apart from giving medical attentions it is necessary to provide herwith mental support. In order to do this it is first important to hear the patient what she has tosay, listen to her grievances (Baker et al., 2012). The case study provides with an idea that thepatient is suffering from acute depression and anxiety which can have detrimental effects on thehealth of the unborn child. Past studies have shown that children who have abused parent aremore likely to develop depression in their later life. It is necessary to proceed with the treatmentin a non-threatening way. I have tried to provide a friendly and a conducive environment for thewoman, which had helped to build the trust between me and the patient. This trust had helped thepatient to disclose everything to me (Chaudron, 2013). This trust has also enabled her to stick tothe medications. I have assured the mother that the medicines for the depression will not causeany harm to the baby and is mainly for the well being of the mother’s mental health. I have triedto assess the conditions of the patient and do accordingly. I have embarrassed her thoughts andher mentality and have tried to interpret her. A friendly environment has given her with a newhope of life. I have tried to impart knowledge about the ill effects that drug can pose impact onher and her baby (Pearlstein, 2015). She was a woman in her mid 40s. She was very uncertainabout her and her baby’s future and was not able to find the value of life (Hoff, 2016). I had triedmy best to give an idea about how precious life is.I have tried to encourage her that new life can be started even without a father. As singlemother has always been a very popular trend. I have tried to convince her that she should startafresh and should think about her professional life so that her unborn baby could seek a goodfuture (Hoff, 2016). For that he need to take care of herself first and the baby, for that adherenceto the therapeutics is very necessary. I have tried to impart her with the education as what can be
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