Problem Midwifery practice is emotional and, at times, traumatic work. Cumulative exposure
to this, in an unsupportive environment can result in the development of psychological and …

Background within challenging work environments, midwives and student midwives can
experience both organisational and occupational sources of work-related psychological …

Aim The aim of this study was to examine the nature of midwives' work-related stress and the
implications, if any, for midwives overall emotional well-being and career decisions …

Background Efforts to resolve the longstanding and growing staffing crisis in midwifery in the
United Kingdom have been hampered by very poor retention rates, with early career …

Background midwifery is emotionally challenging work, and learning to be a midwife brings
its own particular challenges. For the student midwife, clinical placement in a hospital labour …

This exploratory study set out to examine labour ward midwives' perceptions of stress. It
utilized a combination of two self‐report questionnaires, one devised by McGrath et al. and …

Background Emotional distress in midwives contributes to high attrition. To safeguard
midwives' wellbeing, there is a need to identify the impact of workplace variables. Aim To …

Background Significant factors affecting the Australian maternity care context include an
ageing, predominantly part-time midwifery workforce, increasingly medicalised maternity …

Background Midwives provide care in a context where life threatening or stressful events
can occur. Little is known about their experiences of traumatic events or the implications for …

Introduction Professionally‐related stress among midwives has been demonstrated in a
global context to have deleterious effects on their professional, physical, and psychological …