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Are you willing to back up midwives doing deliveries?
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Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
Another love-hate relationship. Home births and natural childbirth are constantly in vogue with varying percentages of a hospital's demographics. When you appreciate that the only reason you'd become involved is when a serious problem came up, you will realize that being a part of this scheme means accepting that increased liability. This shouldn't bother you if it's part of the hospital service, but home deliveries are a different liability altogether. You can accept this or not in your personal practice, but if the policy of the hospital is to support them, it is most likely a dollar decision and you should state that you will comply with policy.
Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
"I would be committed to backing up any midwife delivery on the premises of the hospital. For home births I would have a problem, because medicolegally, I would be putting myself at the mercy of someone else I don't work with. However, should someone land in the unit from a complicated home birth situation and I was assigned to cover for such admissions, I would honor it."
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Absolutely. I will be willing to back up midwives who are delivering at hospital premises but for home deliveries, it would be difficult because of the medicolegal obligations.
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Being willing to assist midwives shows that you're a supportive team player. You can improve this answer further by talking about why you are willing to do so and how it benefits the patient, hospital, or midwife. Does it improve patient safety, reduce the risk of adverse events, or help prevent complications?
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