The type of legal case that may be filed against you as a midwife is civil litigation. This encompasses medical malpractice and personal injury. A personal injury lawsuit begins when a plaintiff (injured party) files a complaint against a defendant (the party deemed responsible for the injury).

Midwives, on-call time is not your time. Your time belongs to the patients that may need you and the institution/entity that is paying you to be available for patients who require your presence. While on-call, your time should not be dedicated to your family, young baby, toddler, partner, or your much-needed rest. I do not deny that this is hard.

Hospital corporate business is BIG business. Making money is the mission.

Myth of Ordinary Midwife Part 2

After decades of effort by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), CNMs/CMs continue to be adversely affected by historical myth and modern legend, which affect the public profiles of modern midwives.

Abuse of power within hierarchical structures is nothing new. We are see it in our news feeds everyday. Hospital corporate entities are structuredaround a traditional hierarchy, particularly relating to the hiring, supervision, advancement, and responsibilities of professional healcare providers.

With the possible exception of airline pilots, air-traffic controllers, parents of newborns and owls, registered nurses working night shifts and advanced practice providers with demanding on-call responsibilities, tend to experience unprecedented levels of sleep deprivation from their career choices.