Type of deliveries supported by Dutch clinical midwives.

Objective: The number of clinical midwives in the Netherlands has substantially increased over the last twenty years, but their role in obstetric care is not clearly defined. Our aim was to identify the type of deliveries that are usually supported by clinical midwives and whether these changed over time.

Design, Setting, And Participants: National data from the Netherlands Perinatal Registry from the years 2000 to 2016 (n = 2.

Neurogenic pain.

Effective preoperative communication and an awareness of the mechanisms and treatment of neurogenic pain by nursing staff directly influence the choice of intraoperative and postoperative pain management. This article describes the case study of a young woman with neurogenic pain and highlights the importance of having a working knowledge of this type of pain, its assessment, and treatment.