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🎅🏼🎄QUB Midwifery Society Annual Charity raffle🎅🏼🎄Once again, all of us here are very excited to announce our annual Chr...
14/11/2024

🎅🏼🎄QUB Midwifery Society Annual Charity raffle🎅🏼🎄

Once again, all of us here are very excited to announce our annual Christmas Advent Calendar Raffle, to raise funds for Women’s Aid.
This raffle is open to all Midwifery students/Trust staff/QUB staff and friends and family from all over NI. With many brilliant prizes to be won!

The prizes have been generously donated from many companies and we have been overwhelmed by the kindness and support shown by all! We cannot thank all who donated enough 🎅🏼❤️!

About Women’s Aid:
Women’s Aid is an essential organization that provides vital services to women and children who are affected by domestic violence. They offer a range of support, including safe accommodation, outreach services, and advocacy. Their work not only assists those in immediate need but also plays a crucial role in raising awareness about domestic abuse and promoting prevention efforts throughout the community.

How the Raffle will work:
- Using the FIXR link in our bio or below buy your tickets ideally before the 1st of December 2024!
https://fixr.co/event/womens-aid-christmas-raffle-tickets-106687409
- Tickets are £2.50 for 1 or £10 for 5
- From the 1st of December a winner will be randomly selected each day using a wheel spinner/random name generator. On our Instagram/page the winner will be announced and will receive whatever prize is allocated to that particular day!

We can’t wait to see who wins all these fabulous prizes!
🎄Get your tickets now to help us support a brilliant cause & you might win some prizes! 🎄

We had our first cake& catch up for the lovely first years! 🍰🧁✨Remember our next one is the 21st November, hope to see l...
25/10/2024

We had our first cake& catch up for the lovely first years! 🍰🧁✨
Remember our next one is the 21st November, hope to see lots of 2nd, 3rd and Masters students there!! 💖

🎒What’s in my bag - I don’t bring much, every year the amount of stuff I bring in my bag gets smaller and smaller, here’...
23/10/2024

🎒What’s in my bag

- I don’t bring much, every year the amount of stuff I bring in my bag gets smaller and smaller, here’s my essentials (literally the only things I bring)
- Laptop
- Lanyard
- Fob watch (definitely need)
- Perfume
- Lipbalm
- Highlighter (really recommend)
- Pens (bring loads u will lose them)
- Water bottle
- Pain killers

🩸🩺💉Daily experiences on p/n a/n ward

- ward round
- Care planning
- Postnatal and/or antenatal checks
- Antenatal CTGs
- Medication rounds
- Baby observations- heart rate respirations temperature
- Maternal and infant blood sugar checks
- Discharge advice/ discharging home
- Managing busy workload
- Breastfeeding support
- Bottle feeding support
- Venepuncture
- Psychological support for families
- Note taking
- Hand overs

🎒Placement Essentials:-Scrub shoes-QUB Lanyard + Name tag-Fob Watch-Notebook-Lunch(lots of snacks)-Water bottle -Laptop-...
23/10/2024

🎒Placement Essentials:

-Scrub shoes
-QUB Lanyard + Name tag
-Fob Watch
-Notebook
-Lunch(lots of snacks)
-Water bottle
-Laptop
-Feedback forms
-Deodorant
-Spare Pants/Sock
-Study Cards(not necessary but good to have)

🩸🩺💉What to expect on Delivery Suite placement (this can vary depending on trust):

- Learn clinical skills such as taking bloods, observations, abdominal palpation, intermittent auscultation of fetal heart, CTG interpretation, blood sugars (those with gestational diabetes).
- Discussing pain relief and birth preferences such as VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section), water birth, delayed cord clamping, OASIS, Cord Bloods (if necessary), importance of mobilising in labour.
- Supporting and guiding women through 1st, 2nd & 3rd stages of labour.
- ⁠Providing one-to-one universal or additional care to women and recognising deviations from ‘normal’.
- ⁠Caring for women who have been induced, spontaneous onset or have had prolonged/spontaneous rupture of membranes.
- ⁠Assisting Elective Caesarean Sections, Forceps and Kiwi deliveries by working within the multidisciplinary team.
- ⁠Always improve on your record keeping skills by scribing in situations and documenting care needs throughout labour.
- ⁠Providing care in the immediate postpartum stage to both women and babies.
- ⁠Some days may be tough, but your Delivery Suite placement is so rewarding, and you will feel so lucky to be apart of something so special 🌟

🎒My placement bag essentials: - QUB lanyard - Little notebook to jot down anything you want to look up later or things y...
23/10/2024

🎒My placement bag essentials:

- QUB lanyard
- Little notebook to jot down anything you want to look up later or things you want to remember
- Pens! (although you’ll lose at least one a day)
- Pass & lanyard
- Water!!! And lots of snacks :)
- lip balm (essential🌟)
- ipad for eMora
-A notepad is also handy to have for making notes

🩺💉🩸What to expect on a community placement:

- Learn what is involved in a booking appointment, including all the public health information provided to women.
- Providing care to women throughout their pregnancy in antenatal appointments at all gestations.
- Providing postnatal care to lots of women and families through visiting them at home.
- Learn more about providing breastfeeding and bottle feeding support and advice.
- Some community areas provide glucose tolerance tests for women, helping you to learn more about gestational diabetes.
- Learn more about homebirth, what’s in a homebirth bag, you may even get to attend a homebirth!
- Learn clinical skills like taking bloods, urinalysis, abdominal palpation, fetal heart auscultation, newborn blood spot test, caring for women with C-section wounds, clinical observations, and more!
- Learn more about antenatal education classes, and other classes offered like hypnobirthing and breastfeeding support groups.
- All community areas provide different services/ care but there is so much to do and learn so take all the opportunities that come your way🥰

‼️IMPORTANT‼️If you are a member and haven’t completed your google form, we need some information ASAP to complete your ...
17/10/2024

‼️IMPORTANT‼️

If you are a member and haven’t completed your google form, we need some information ASAP to complete your membership!

Email [email protected] with the following:

Name
Student number
QUB email
Cohort
Allocated trust
Yes/No to begin a member of the RCM

🍰 Join us next Monday for our 1st cake and catch up event of the year! This is a great opportunity to meet members of th...
17/10/2024

🍰 Join us next Monday for our 1st cake and catch up event of the year!

This is a great opportunity to meet members of the society and to ask questions before heading out on placement 🍰

Come along for tea, coffee and cake! Can’t wait to see you there!

✨Exciting announcement✨On behalf of the formal committee we are excited to confirm the date for the QUB Midwifery Formal...
16/10/2024

✨Exciting announcement✨
On behalf of the formal committee we are excited to confirm the date for the QUB Midwifery Formal 2025! Open to all BSc and MSc cohorts!

❕Tickets are on a 1st come 1st serve basis with priority tickets going to MIDSOC members

❕Tickets will need to be secured with a £10 deposit - paid by 10th November 2024.

❕To hold your ticket and receive payment information, please email:

[email protected]

Include:
- Name and student number
- Plus 1s name (if applicable)
- Dietary requirements/ Allergies
- Who you want to be seated with (we will try to accommodate tables of 8-10)

We were so lucky to have Selina and Jill from the attend QUB to speak to us about their lived experience of baby loss, ...
16/10/2024

We were so lucky to have Selina and Jill from the attend QUB to speak to us about their lived experience of baby loss, and the role of the student midwife/ midwife.
It was such a meaningful day and we will all remember their stories 🦋💗

Remember you can donate to the White Butterfly Foundation from the link in our bio or below - any donation big or small is appreciated! 🌟

https://donate.stripe.com/5kA4gkdCxaRT0rS7ss?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY5Ob4jRrXhoRLZemJh_gwmpMQJO9l1o-NITR_zdsT2w2ivXF6sZENYe2w_aem_jI3VqQiDBDdt00PjpaXtoA

And our events have started! 👏🎉Join us next Monday in the MBC LT2 for a session led by The White Butterfly Foundation in...
08/10/2024

And our events have started! 👏🎉
Join us next Monday in the MBC LT2 for a session led by The White Butterfly Foundation in honour of Baby Loss Awareness Week 2024. This session will focus on educating midwives and student midwives on how our bereaved women and families can be better cared for.

Click the link to get your ticket now!

https://fixr.co/event/baby-loss-awareness-education-session-tickets-789640026

We know how hard you’re all working, so be sure to take time to yourself to unwind ✨ Join us for a private yoga session!...
28/03/2024

We know how hard you’re all working, so be sure to take time to yourself to unwind ✨

Join us for a private yoga session!
Yoga mats provided!

Spaces are limited so be sure to get your tickets! ♥️
Available here:

https://fixr.co/event/yoga-tickets-852248385/tickets

We’re so excited to announce we have secured a date with Nicole for the Motherhood Bubble workshop! 🫧Nicole is a registe...
28/03/2024

We’re so excited to announce we have secured a date with Nicole for the Motherhood Bubble workshop! 🫧
Nicole is a registered midwife & hypnobirthing instructor and is an absolute wealth of knowledge having years of labour ward experience! 🙌🏼

The session will cover:
-What is hypnobirthing?
-How does it work?
-How to assist as student midwife?
-Hypnobirthing as a life skill

Can’t wait to see you all there! ✨

Tickets available now on Fixr 🎟️ or give us a message and we will keep one for you!

https://fixr.co/event/motherhood-bubble-tickets-562043906

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