New Grad Radio

Welcome back to another episode of the New Grad Radio Podcast! In celebration of International Day of the Midwife, I interview Charlotte Stephenson. Charlotte graduated with a double degree in Nursing/Midwifery, and currently works as a Registered Midwife in Australia. The role of a registered midwife, takes these professionals further than the birthing suite. Charlotte outlines the variety of roles she plays from day-to-day when caring for her pregnant patients, from the emergency department, to post-birth. We go clinical, with Charlotte answering a few of my burning questions, including: what we could be looking out for for the woman with abdominal pain; and how we can deliver an effective handover to the midwife. Charlotte also highlights a program we, as ED nurses, could participate in to help with our assessment skills and management of obstetric emergencies; as well as how midwives fit into the treating team for such emergencies. As you'll hear, midwives face the same 'types' of challenges when ent