Views and practice of abortion among Queensland midwives and sexual health nurses.

Background: A significant barrier to the access of safe abortion is the lack of trained abortion providers. Recent studies show that with appropriate education, nurses and midwives can provide abortions as safely as medical practitioners.

Aims: To examine the attitudes and practices of registered midwives (RMs) and sexual health nurses (SHNs) in Queensland toward abortion.

Giving midwives a voice - Qualitative perspectives of an 'empowering decision-making workshop'.

Aim/objective: To establish midwives' perceptions of the value of workshops designed to empower their decision-making and leadership skills using validated midwifery clinical reasoning frameworks and appreciative inquiry methods.

Background: The medical lens of childbirth can disempower women and midwives. Midwives often face challenges navigating their role as autonomous practitioners and advocates for shared decision-making, particularly when there is tension between women's wishes, governance frameworks and organisational requirements.

Antenatal group care in a midwifery group practice--a midwife' perspective.

The following article describes a midwife's experience in the adaption of the CenteringPregnancy model into her own group practice to provide education and support to the women in her care. Using personal experience and feedback from women and midwifery students the author describes not only the process of group care in her work context but the apparent benefits to women, families', midwifery students and herself. Antenatal group care was so successful for the author that it extended to postnatal group care and student group care, all well attended and sought after groups.