What's the difference between midwife and midwifery?
Midwife
Definition:
(n.) A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
(v. t.) To assist in childbirth.
(v. i.) To perform the office of midwife.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of the 5985 infants born alive under sole care of a midwife, 3.8% were admitted to hospital.
(2) Call the Midwife – again the most watched show of the day – averaged 9.2 million viewers and a 31.3% audience share from 8pm.
(3) Thanks to a midwife’s visit and the Herts air ambulance, she survived – with a rare pituitary gland condition identified weeks later.
(4) Miranda Hart as Chummy Brown in Call the Midwife By now, we are huddled around a heater.
(5) The definition of midwife is given as midwives trained in a community setting to assist in delivery within the confines of accepted cultural beliefs.
(6) The midwife in the maternity unit can look at the tracing and ask the patient to come if the tracing is insufficient or suspicious.
(7) About 2 weeks after metamorphosis, midwife toads Alytes obstetricans judge the size of a prey object mainly in scales of visual angle.
(8) The move echoes its decision earlier this year to move another soap, Coronation Street, to Sundays to go head to head with the last episode of hit BBC1 drama Call The Midwife .
(9) One thing we don't talk about is the midwife, because there won't be one.
(10) We argue that the results of prenatal screening for illegal drug use should not be used for determination of child abuse and that the nurse-midwife should not be required to report the results of these screens for illegal drugs to state child protection agencies.
(11) Top 20 shows on the iPlayer – Christmas 2013 1 Doctor Who – The Time of the Doctor (Christmas Day) 1.96m 2 EastEnders – (Christmas Day) 1.59m 3 EastEnders – (Boxing Day) 1.38m 4 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Day Special 1 – 1.36m 5 EastEnders – (27 December) 1.25m 6 Call the Midwife Christmas Day Special – 1.02m 7 Gangsta Granny (Boxing Day) – 1.01m 8 EastEnders - (New Year's Eve) 960,000 9 EastEnders - (30 December) 937,000 10 EastEnders – (Christmas Eve) 922,000 11 EastEnders – (23 December) 872,000 12 Still Open All Hours – (Boxing Day) 842,000 13 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Day Special 2 – 820,000 14 EastEnders – (20 December) 793,000 15 Death Comes to Pemberley (Boxing Day) – 771,000 16 Citizen Khan Series 2 Episode 7 – 751,000 17 Michael McIntyre's Showtime (Christmas Day) – 643,000 18 Strictly Come Dancing Final (December 21) – 626,000 19 Nativity!
(12) These could be grouped as follows: time consuming procedures (physical examination of the mother or baby, PKU testing), administration-related (the number of other visits that day, the need to liaise with general practitioners or health visitors, whether the mother was already known to the midwife, the time kept waiting at the house), feeding-related (the existence of feeding problems, whether the mother had breast fed previously) and delivery-related (the existence of complications during the delivery).
(13) The pressure on each midwife from the NHS, the patients and their families is marked and I know that I have a challenging time ahead of me, not just in my three years of training but throughout my whole career.
(14) Midwives have contended that midwifery and obstetric workloads could not be measured and that only a 1:1 ratio of mother to midwife should occur, at least in the labour ward environment.
(15) An analysis of BBC1, compiled using Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) figures, of the hours between 6pm and 10pm from 15 January, when the first episode of Call the Midwife was screened, to 5 February, showed that 90% of the audience was over 35, meaning just 719,000 under-35s were watching.
(16) Results showed that knowledge and use of the pill were significantly higher in the project villages than in control villages, where the pill was supplied by a nonresident rural midwife: 28 percent of married women of reproductive age were using the pill in project villages compared with 15 percent in control villages.
(17) As a result of some serious program defects (lab results unavailable before the abortion procedure), the nurse-midwife was given extensive responsibility.
(18) A descriptive case study to explore women's choice of having a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) manage their hospital births was conducted in the District of Columbia (DC).
(19) The acute shortage is leading to the temporary closure of both some hospital maternity units, forcing mothers-to-be to go elsewhere when they are already in labour, and some midwife-led birth centres.
(20) Her parents, a midwife and a retired fireman, said they were proud of their supremely focussed, "no fuss" daughter.
Midwifery
Definition:
(n.) The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
(n.) Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(2) The safe motherhood initiative demands an intersectoral, collaborative approach to gynecology, family planning, and child health in which midwifery is the key element.
(3) An overly bureaucratic approach to midwifery is not just letting mothers down – it's putting the whole profession under strain.
(4) The purpose of the 1988 Mini-Survey was the collection of up-to-date data from the ACNM membership, focusing on nurse-midwifery income.
(5) The integrated unit, which shared midwifery staff with the consultant unit, seemed to work well.
(6) This paper is an account of the process of identifying a college of nursing and midwifery corporate philosophy.
(7) Nice added that commissioners should ensure that women have all four possible options for giving birth available to them: hospital care, midwifery units in hospitals, midwifery units based in the community and at home.
(8) It is widely accepted that Sir James Young Simpson discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and pioneered its application in surgery and midwifery.
(9) To evaluate the effectiveness of nurse-midwifery care in this sample, a prospective study of the service's 496 singleton birth outcomes during 1990 was undertaken.
(10) Midwives have contended that midwifery and obstetric workloads could not be measured and that only a 1:1 ratio of mother to midwife should occur, at least in the labour ward environment.
(11) The problem of raising the quality and effectiveness of medical care in the agricultural region of the country is being considered from the point of view of systems approach where a priority is given to the formation of a common modern scientific technology of delivering medical care different from feldsher-midwifery units to specialized centres.
(12) Achievement of these goals requires an expansion of both supply and functions of midwifery personnel.
(13) The report acknowledges these communities' concerns about a midwifery project, notes problems in determining accurate perinatal data for these locales, and indicates the need for comprehensive maternal-child care which is commensurate with these peoples' customs and beliefs.
(14) This technique can be useful in a nurse-midwifery practice in the management of a retained placenta or prolonged third stage of labor.
(15) Air sac midwifery technique is developed in this hospital to cut down the duration of labor (birth process).
(16) Age and previous nursing experience with midwifery patients or neonates were found to be significant factors associated with the prevalence of antibodies to CMV in staff applicants.
(17) In order to design a quality assurance tool for midwifery it was necessary to assess current frameworks and standards for practice.
(18) The U.S. needs far less money spent on surgical obstetrics, and more resources invested in a large, strong, independent midwifery profession.
(19) This article explores sources of bad feelings about research and suggests ways forward in the training of nurse and midwifery tutors, considering course planning and teaching methods, and peer support in and out of the classroom.
(20) In designing the curriculum for pre and post registration midwifery courses, the author has utilised an andragogical model.