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Old 20-Nov-2007, 23:06
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Default Re: Independent Vs Hospitalised Midwifery

Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
I think if you work in any one place long enough that you run the risk of becoming hospitalised. I recently discussed this with a midwife who said that she thought that the best midwives were those who had worked in a variety of different places and so had a broader experience to enrich their practice (she has worked in the same place for years). I have worked in the same hospital/community throughout my training and as I appoach qualification I do find that I hope to find employment, well, anywhere will do to be honest, but ideally in a different trust, as I feel I need broader experience.
I agree but then I also think that if you work in the same place you also become 'expert' at it, you know how to get bloods done quick by know X in the lab, you know how to make tempramental machines work, you know who has what skills in an emergency... I can see the pluses and minuses, I think we need a mixture of both but midwives need to remain open minded to new ways of doing things, new research and evidence based practice....
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