Prompt for module Labour and Birth for the Bsc Midwifery Programme:
You must select TWO of the three stages below. Once you select your two stages of labour then select one subject in each stage to discuss.
First stage of labour:
Eating and drinking
OR
Birth environment
Second stage of labour:
Mechanism of birth
OR
Waterbirth
Third stage of labour:
Physiological birth of the placenta
OR
Active management of the third stage
Your answer should include a critical and evidence-based approach to care.
THE STAGES AND SUBJECT WITHIN EACH STAGE THAT I HAVE PICKED ARE:
First stage of labour: Birth environment
Third stage of labour: Active management of the third stage
1. Please watch this video on how to write a literature review: https://youtu.be/ouY2FH0BKkQ
2. Examples of literature reviews:
– Dowswell, T., Renfrew, M.J., Hewison, J. & Gregson, B.A. 2001, “A review of the literature on the midwife and community-based maternity care”, Midwifery, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 93-101.
– Kingwell, E.L., Butt, J. & Leslie, G. 2017, “Maternity high-dependency care and the Australian midwife: A review of the literature”, Women and Birth, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. e73-e77.
– Nagle, C., McDonald, S., Morrow, J., Kruger, G., Cramer, R., Couch, S., Hartney, N., Bryce, J., Birks, M. & Heartfield, M. 2019, “Informing the development midwifery standards for practice: A literature review for policy development”, Midwifery, vol. 76, pp. 8-20.
3. Type it in Times New Roman (Size 12), with double spaced line spacing, leaving margins of 2.5cm at the top, bottom, right and left. Each page should be numbered with page one commencing at the introduction to the assignment. Appendices should be clearly labelled in the text of the main body of the assignment (e.g. appendix 1, appendix 2 etc). In the footer, write “23XXXXXX”. The word count is 1500 words – this includes all words from the introduction to the last word of the conclusion, the reference list and appendices are not included in the word count.
4. Your work should list references used to demonstrate the source of ideas and acknowledge thework of others. Please refer to the UCD Library Harvard referencingguidelines-https://libguides.ucd.ie/academicintegrity/harvardstyle. References will be submitted as a separate document. References should NOT be older than 2010. Avoid referencing internet sites and consider academic and peer reviewed papers or the following books which have pdfs available online:
Johnson, R. And Taylor, W. (2023) Skills for Midwifery Practice. 5th edn. Elsevier.
Marshall, J.E. and Raynor, M.D. (2020)*Myles Textbook for Midwives.*17th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
5. Include role of midwife and use professional language.
6. Remember this module is about the physiological processes of birth. Complex factors are not required. Don’t go off on a tangent.
I have attached the work of a past student who got an A- for a similar assignment, please look at it for guidelines. I have also attached a summary table for any research literature.
Category: Midwifery
Resource:
Cheyney, M., Bovbjerg, M., Everson, C., Gordon, W., Hannibal, D., Vedam, S. (2014). Outcomes of care for 16 924 planned homebirths in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America statistics project 2004-2009. Journal of Midwifery andWomen’s Health. DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12172
Using the Cheyney, et al., (2014) study and a minimum of three additional resources, prepare a 2-3 page research paper written text (cover and reference pages are in addition) on the safety of homebirth, community birth, birth center birth or out-of-hospital birth.
The Home Birth Safety paper is a research review paper, and appropriate tone is expected. Avoid personal accounts or editorializing.
MMOC: Don’t use this paper as a compare and contrast for the Midwives vs. Medical models. The midwives model is strong, evidence-based and can stand alone. No comparison needed. Secondly, comparisons tend to take a negative tone, and I’d like everyone to avoid that in this paper.
Use additional sources- find journal articles that support the tenets of the model- like pregnancy and birth as a social, sexual, holistic event in a person’s life, benefits of continuity of care, the expertise of midwives for healthy, normal pregnancies and births.
Be sure to connect your points to physical safety (morbidity and mortality), and use evidence that supports the physical safety of home birth, however, not just that it is empowering, emotionally safe, spiritual, etc. As your syllabus says, birth stories are not scholarly.
Support your claims! Support your claims! Support your claims! If you say midwives do this, or midwives don’t do that, prove it by including data and statistics that show it!
Your audience is someone who does not know about the midwives model, so explain it clearly and thoroughly.
These papers are really your opportunity to perfect speeches you will give at least a million times in your career.
Successful papers will include:
APA style (cover page, in-text citations and a reference page)
a minimum of 4-5 references; feel free to include more
AI should NOT be used in the writing of this paper.
Discussion of factors that make out of hospital birth safe, including continuity of care and low intervention
Also check out: Birth_Outcomes_for_Planned_Home_and_Licensed.2.pdfDownload Birth_Outcomes_for_Planned_Home_and_Licensed.2.pdf
http://mana.org/research/homebirth-safetyLinks to an external site.
Homebirth: An Annotated Guide to the Research: https://www.homebirthsummit.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/HomeBirth_AnnotatedGuideToTheLiterature.pdf
Rubric
Safety of Homebirth
Safety of Homebirth
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent of paper supported by evidence/data (physical safety)
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePaper meets and does not exceed the length requirement
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIssues surrounding physical safety – morbidity and mortality -are discussed (other benefits of homebirth are important, but not the focus of this paper)
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting is clear and concise, transitions are smooth, and free from spelling, grammatical and syntax errors
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDirect quotes are used judiciously and cited in APA, no quotes over 40 words
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReferences are scholarly, and current and the required Cheyney et al. article is present (sources over 10 years used very sparingly)
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Formatting
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCitations are present, appropriate, and complete in APA.
10 pts
Total Points: 100