Fairy tale midwifery – fact or fiction: the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives
Fairy tale midwifery – fact or fiction: the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives
Aims: to explore the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives through the first 12 months post-registration.
Design and method: digitally recorded semi-structured interviews occurred at the point of registration, 4 and 12 months post-registration with 12 participants from one University on the South Coast of the UK. Analysis and interpretation were achieved using van Manen's methodology combined with an interpretive phenomenological approach.
Results: participants described their journey through the complexities of ‘reality shock’, ‘false promises’, ‘being part of the club’, ‘self-doubt’, ‘struggling’ and being ‘beyond competence’.
Conclusion: newly qualified midwives face changing levels of professional responsibility. They attain either autonomy or support dependent on where they practise. Newly qualified midwives may still be in ‘student mode’ and expect both autonomy and support rather than seek it for themselves
midwifery, transition, newly qualified, autonomy, support
660-668
Kitson-Reynolds, E.
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Cluett, E.
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Le May, A.
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9 September 2014
Kitson-Reynolds, E.
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Cluett, E.
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Le May, A.
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Kitson-Reynolds, E., Cluett, E. and Le May, A.
(2014)
Fairy tale midwifery – fact or fiction: the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives.
British Journal of Midwifery, 22 (9), .
(doi:10.12968/bjom.2014.22.9.660).
Abstract
Aims: to explore the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives through the first 12 months post-registration.
Design and method: digitally recorded semi-structured interviews occurred at the point of registration, 4 and 12 months post-registration with 12 participants from one University on the South Coast of the UK. Analysis and interpretation were achieved using van Manen's methodology combined with an interpretive phenomenological approach.
Results: participants described their journey through the complexities of ‘reality shock’, ‘false promises’, ‘being part of the club’, ‘self-doubt’, ‘struggling’ and being ‘beyond competence’.
Conclusion: newly qualified midwives face changing levels of professional responsibility. They attain either autonomy or support dependent on where they practise. Newly qualified midwives may still be in ‘student mode’ and expect both autonomy and support rather than seek it for themselves
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 June 2014
Published date: 9 September 2014
Keywords:
midwifery, transition, newly qualified, autonomy, support
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/382964
ISSN: 0969-4900
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