Midwife regretful Rowan, who was aged 23 at the time and just seven months out oftraining, said through her lawyer she regrets any part she may haveplayed in the tragic outcome. But she said she does not accept her training and degree ofexperience contributed to it. She is still a practising midwife,currently on maternity leave. Matenga recommended changes to midwifery training and Ministry ofHealth guidelines, but the Barlows say drastic changes are neededto prevent other families going through what they did. They believe graduate midwives should spend two years working as"juniors" in hospitals, before they can become lead maternitycarers. "It's scary that someone can come out of a training programme,midwifery training, straight to be an independent midwife in thecommunity and be responsible for two lives - the mother and thebaby," Linda told ONE News. Matenga said evidence supplied by Rowan was "self serving" andthere were gaps in her documentation. One example was her claim that she listened to the foetal heartbeaton more occasions than what was recorded in her clinical notes,which Linda and her husband Robert said was not the case. "There were clear gaps in her documentation and she was trying topiece together the clinical picture from an incomplete record,"Matenga said. "Accordingly, my approach to Jennifer Rowan's evidence is thatwhere her evidence .. is in conflict with evidence given by otherwitnesses, Jennifer Rowan's evidence will be given very littleweight." Recommendations: Matenga recommended the following amendments to the Ministry ofHeath's referral guidelines for midwives: - Clarify the definition of the commencement of second stage oflabour to remove ambiguity. - Provide a process for the transfer of clinical responsibility formidwifery care from the LMC (lead maternity carer) to secondarymidwifery care that involves a conversation between the LMC, thesecondary midwife, the woman concerned and any specialist involved,to determine that the transfer of midwifery care is appropriate andacceptable, and determine the respective roles andresponsibilities. - Emphasis that referral guidelines should be followed in mostcases. He also recommended that the Waikato District Health Board requireits obstetrics registrars consult with the supervising specialiston every woman who has transferred from primary care. He recommended the Midwifery Council of New Zealand reviewmidwifery training to ensure training is consistent with referralguidelines, making the Midwifery First Year of Practice programmecompulsory, and changing the mentoring role in the programme to asupervising role. Email this article Print this article Text size + - more... Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Latest NZ News Video ONE News Minute 9pm update: May 9 (1:08) Private rest home workers underpaid (1:46) NZ soldiers to join UN Syria mission (1:42). I am an expert from tempered-SafetyGlass.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Clear Float Glass Manufacturer , Laminated Safety Glass, Curved Tempered Glass,and more.
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