Special Guest: Charlotte Stephenson - Midwife 🇦🇺

Welcome back to another episode of the New Grad Radio Podcast! In celebration of International Day of the Midwife, I interview Charlotte Stephenson. Charlotte graduated with a double degree in Nursing/Midwifery, and currently works as a Registered Midwife in Australia. The role of a registered midwife, takes these professionals further than the birthing suite. Charlotte outlines the variety of roles she plays from day-to-day when caring for her pregnant patients, from the emergency department, to post-birth. We go clinical, with Charlotte answering a few of my burning questions, including: what we could be looking out for for the woman with abdominal pain; and how we can deliver an effective handover to the midwife. Charlotte also highlights a program we, as ED nurses, could participate in to help with our assessment skills and management of obstetric emergencies; as well as how midwives fit into the treating team for such emergencies. As you'll hear, midwives face the same 'types' of challenges when entering the profession, with Charlotte speaking on her experiences of starting as a new graduate nurse, how she deals with stress, and offers advice for graduates about to follow in her foot-steps. Thank you again Charlotte for being a guest on the podcast!