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sc00by25

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The philosophical underpinnings of midwifery partnership include:
 
  a. Midwifery is practised according to transcultural nursing theory.
  b. Midwifery is women centred.
  c. Pregnancy and childbirth are pathophysiological events that depart from normal health.
  d. Midwives, as caregivers, are interchangeable; one woman normally receives care from up to five midwives during her pregnancy and childbirth.

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the principles of cultural safety?
 
  a. Cultural safety seeks to enhance the delivery of healthcare and disability services through a culturally safe workforce.
  b. Cultural safety has specific and narrow base, and is applicable to only some individuals.
  c. Cultural safety seeks to improve the health status of all people.
  d. Cultural safety focuses closely on understanding of self, the rights of others and the legitimacy of difference'.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Midwifery is women centred. Midwives work to facilitate the optimal experience of birth for pregnant women and their babies, to ensure that their focus is on the woman and that the woman is seen as an individual, with individual needs and different cultural values and beliefs.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B

Cultural safety has a broad base and is broad in its application; it seeks to improve the health of all people.



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