ArticleHealth SA = SA Gesondheid2022
Student to midwife transition: Newly qualified midwives' experiences in Limpopo province.
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- Experiences of newly qualified midwives during their transition to practice: a systematic review of qualitative research.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Needs of novice midwives in the management of obstetric emergencies: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Student midwives' experiences of Ubuntu principles in midwifery care at Vhembe District.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Strategies to Reduce Maternal Death Rate and Improve the Provision of Quality Healthcare Services in Selected Hospitals of Vhembe District Limpopo Province.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Supporting Midwifery Students During Clinical Practice: Results of a Systematic Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Regardless of educational pathway, the transition from student to the registered midwife is a topic of increasing interest within the profession as this is likely to have implications for retention and attrition. Newly qualified midwives have reported that the reality of putting knowledge into practice in the midwifery field is often challenging and stressful. Aim: To explore and describe the experiences of newly qualified midwives with regard to the provision of midwifery services during transition from students to qualified midwives, in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Setting: The study was conducted in the maternity units of each of the five selected public hospitals in the Limpopo province. Methods: The researcher employed a qualitative approach with explorative and descriptive design. The population comprised all midwifery graduates working in the Limpopo province and have undergone a comprehensive nursing programme regulated by R425 of 19 February 1985, as amended. Five newly qualified midwifery graduates were sampled from each of the five selected hospital, using a non-probability purposive sampling method, resulting in a sample size of 25 participants. Data collection was carried out through unstructured individual interviews and was conducted until participants were no longer bringing new information. Results: Graduates reported excessive workload, which resulted in physical exhaustion. Challenges related to the roles and responsibilities of a new position as a qualified midwife were expressed. Negative collegial relationship displayed by experienced qualified midwives, negatively affected graduates' midwifery performance. Conclusion: Effective, transition from student to qualified midwife is a stressful and exhausting process because of unfavourable working conditions in the labour ward, administrative roles as well as negative collegial relationship and disrespect displayed by experienced midwives. Contribution: Strategies to effectively support newly qualified midwives may be developed, which may consequently help in improving newly qualified midwives' performance.
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