Midwifery

Advantages: A welcome guest at the start of a new life
Disadvantages: Long hours, staff shortages

...order to think about a midwifery career. 1. Excellent people skills; You will provide professional support and reassurance to women from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, during a most emotionally and intense time. 2. Good communication skills; This is a very important part of the midwives’ role, you are not only communicating with other health professionals, but you must be able to listen to women and ensure their full understanding of ...
...male midwives within the profession. Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. In the modern context, midwives are experts in women's health care which involves giving prenatal care and advice to pregnant women. They attend and assist the woman with the birth of her infant and also provide postnatal care to the mother and her infant. Midwives are autonomous practitioners who are specialists ... Read review

Advantages: Huge job satisfaction. Autonomy.
Disadvantages: Pay, often staff shortages

...and 2, the realities of midwifery may not be for you. You see midwifery is about far more than just delivering babies, as you will see. Yes there are wonderful times shared with new parents, at the exact point they become parents, and helping them in the days that follow to adjust to parenthood, but midwifery involves much much more. The History Of Midwifery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Midwives have played an important role as members of society since ...
...although some would dispute this! Midwifery education raised the reputation of the midwife from merely being a woman who assisted in delivering babies, to a profession, with governing bodies, rules and codes of conduct. The midwifery profession has always been at odds with the medical profession, who have sort over the decades to turn childbirth into a medical event, that sees pregnancy as a state of potential problems that need managing by medical ... Read review

Advantages: Small learning groups, ongoing support, guest lecturers
Disadvantages: theory can be very demanding, travel is extensive if not based at Nottingham, hours

...In this review I am mainly evaluating the Midwifery course at Nottingham University although will briefly evaluate Midwifery as a whole too The advantages and disadvantages listed mainly apply to Nottingham, incase the reader is comparing universities to apply to. A career in midwifery is very different from what anyone can imagine, regardless of whether you have had children or not, it is very different on the other side! Certain aspects of the career are very rewarding, the first birth you see and conduct and the first woman that thanks you for everything is an experience that you will never forget. However the course is very challenging, I have a university degree and the work involved in that does not compare to the work involved in the course. One of the most difficult things is combining the practical side of things... Read review

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Advantages: Rewarding, thought provoking occupation
Disadvantages: Can be very emotional and stressful at times.

...I am a third year student nurse at the University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery, which is part of the faculty of medicine. The course will award me with an Advanced Diploma in Nursing Studies, 120 CATS points at levels 1 & 2 and 60 at level 3, which can be easily topped up to a BMed Sci degree after registering as a nurse and beginning post-qualification employment. I am not sure whether most people realise this, because I didn't know until I began the course, that student nurses actually get paid a bursary every month. It is not a massive amount but better than getting in debt like most university courses. Another bonus is that the tuition fees are paid by the National Health Service, so it won't cost you anything to give it a go. I should stress that I am not one of those people that has always wanted to be a nurse... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent city which caters for students, a great institution.
Disadvantages: This is a "good" university, so expect the work load, and the UCAS points needed, to be high.

...I chose to go to Sheffield because of the course (MA in Modern and Contemporary Writing) rather than the Uni itself, although it does have an excellent reputation. I found Sheffield a lively city, with loads of thigs to do. Many areas cater for students as it has become rather a student capital, with several colleges, two universities, and nurse/ midwifery and police training. The clubs, especially the Leadmill and Casbar, are great, and the drinking facilities at the Uni great two. Bar One is always busy, and the best nights are The Big One (Wednesdays), good, but more than a little cheesy, and the Fuzz Club (Thursdays), a great night for rock, indie and alternative music, though doesn't have nearly enough people there. Although I only spent one year there, I wished I'd had gone there for my full degree, and envied all the freshers... Read review

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