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Midwifery Midwifery is part of the health care profession. Nurses who practice midwifery are typically called midwives. Midwives not only care for a patient during pregnancy and birth, they also provide primary care related to reproductive health. Brief history of midwifery: Midwives are mentioned in the Old Testament. The Pharaoh instructs the midwives whose names [...]

How do I get started? You can begin by searching for Healthcare assistant job on Staffnurse.com. There are many different titles that fall under Healthcare assistant for example Healthcare support workers, nursing assistant and clinical support workers. Once I am accepted where do I go from here? Firstly, you will need to undergo some training. [...]

July 18 – A London hospital has renamed its healthcare assistants as nursing assistants, it was reported today. The staff have new titles and uniforms to make them – and their patients – feel they are part of the nursing workforce, Nursing Standard reports. Senior nurses at University College Hospital London believe the titles of [...]

March 28 – Standard training is essential for all healthcare assistants, warns the Royal College of Nursing today. In new guidance for commissioners and employers, the RCN sets out its “Position statement on the education and training of healthcare assistants”. It calls for nationally recognised training, regulation, and limits on the tasks that healthcare assistants [...]