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It can be nerve racking going into a stranger's home and caring for their precious baby – but I found the placements gave me the confidence that it's not as scary as I thought it would be, as well as experience with multiples and different family dynamics.
Birth trauma is not definite by a strict set of rules or particular experiences. According to Beck (2004) , Birth trauma is ‘in the eye of the beholder
Gaining newborn experience when starting your career in essential, and a key requirement by most agencies. Our newborn maternity nurse placement schemes enables candidates to put theory into practice, helping candidates to develop skills, knowledge and confidence.
5-year old children in the UK are consuming their body weight in sugar every year, George Osborne reports
I really enjoyed both of my placements and feel that they have given me a chance to build on my skills, and feel confident in providing quality care to any family I work for in the future, since my placement.
In the UK, studies have highlighted that only 2-6% of traumatic births meet the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, up to one third of women would describe their labour as traumatic.
