Abstract

"Make your student do that, that's what she's there for!". These words have stayed with me ever since my first labour ward placement. As a first year student midwife, I remember being told I could not go for a break on a quiet night shift because the healthcare assistant had just gone to the postnatal ward. I remember cleaning the room, thinking: 'This isn't what I came into this to do.' I wanted to have a break and discuss with my mentor what we had just been doing. ...See more on full text PDF.