Working with private hospital midwives in Victoria, Australia to identify practice change priorities: Outcomes of a Delphi study.

Autor: Dawson K; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: Kate.Dawson@acu.edu.au., Bayes S; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia., Gilbert S; St Vincent's Private Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Marie Stopes International, Australia., Sayers K; St Vincent's Private Hospital, Victoria, Australia., Kelly I; St Vincent's Private Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Midwifery [Midwifery] 2023 Sep; Vol. 124, pp. 103767. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103767
Abstrakt: Objective/aim: In this study, we invited midwives working at one metropolitan private hospital in Victoria, Australia to identify their workplace change needs and priorities for research.
Methods: In this two-round Delphi study, all midwifery staff within the maternity unit of a private hospital in Melbourne, Australia were invited to participate. In round one, participants joined face-to-face focus groups to put forward their ideas for workplace change and research ideas, and these data were developed into themes. In round two, participants ranked the themes in priority order.
Findings: The top four themes identified by this cohort of midwives were: 'Ways of working - investigating alternate ways of working to enable greater flexibility and opportunities'; 'Understanding midwifery - working with the executive team to highlight the nuances of maternity care'; 'Education - increase in staff in the education team to provide a greater presence and opportunity for education'; and 'Postnatal specific - review ways of working in postnatal areas'.
Key Conclusions: A number of priority research and change areas were identified which, if implemented, would strengthen both midwifery practice and midwife retention in this workplace. The findings will be of interest to midwife managers. Further research to evaluate the process and success of implementing the actions identified in this study would be valuable.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest We have no conflict of interests to declare.
(Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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