Evidence based midwifery

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Emi John Prince

Institute of Health and Management, Australia

: J Womens Health, Issues Care

Abstract

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In Midwifery Evidence based practice is widely accepted as a fundamental tenant.Evidence Based practice is the process of making clinical decisions based upon evidence ,clinical experience and patient expectations. It is about using research rather than doing it .Evidence based midwifery believe in the movement away from always doing things in the way in which we were taught and from decisions based on personal opinion.It requires that we look for and appraise research evidence to inform decisions about tests, treatments, patterns of practice, and policy. The evidence drawn on to underpin practice should be in the public domain, open to scrutiny, clinically based , take account of women and their families.The midwife responsibilities is to make use of all available resources to inform her practice including experimental knowledge.She has a duty to weigh up the latest clinical evidence that elicited by her personal observation and to take account of her experience and the woman’s wishes. Evidence-based practice has been deemed important and valuable for nursing and midwifery in many levels. For many years, midwives have shown interest in the idea of evidence‐based or effective care. There are a number of good reasons for the interest in evidence‐based care.

Biography

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Emi John Prince, Associate Professor, has completed her PhD in Nursing Science from Vinayaka Missions University, Tamil Nadu. She is nationally and internationally recognized in the areas of Maternity Nursing. Dr. Emi John Prince is the Course Coordinator for Postgraduate studies in Nursing at Institute of Health and Management, at NSW. As a Midwife, she works part time at Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane. Her research and scholarly pursuits are in the areas of maternal health and women’s health. She has published her work widely and has written many articles. Dr. Emi John Prince is also actively involved in extended professional role as External Examiner (Adjudicator) for PhD thesis for many of the universities.