Consensus Statements and Guidelines

Consensus Statements

The purpose of the NZCOM Consensus Statements are to provide women, midwives and the maternity services with the profession’s position on any given situation. The following is a list of the Consensus Statements currently available to download or a full set can be purchased by contacting nzcom@nzcom.org.nz.

Guidelines

The NZCOM has developed guidelines to support best practice in whatever context midwifery care occurs. For every clinical situation a midwife experiences, her decision making will be influenced by the context and the choices and needs of the woman for whom she is providing midwifery care. Therefore these guidelines are intended as guidelines only rather than prescribed inflexible protocols which may not allow for the individual woman’s context. In every given situation there must be opportunity for midwives to use sound judgement, to act with sound rationale and acknowledge the context when making decisions.

The following Guidelines are currently available:

Booking Guidelines

Transfer Guidelines

Consensus statements currently being drafted are: Safe Sleeping and Unapproved Drugs

to request a copy of the latest draft or to provide comment contact nzcom@nzcom.org.nz

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Links referenced

nzcom@nzcom.org.nz: mailto:nzcom@nzcom.org.nz
Alcohol and Pregnancy: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/alcohol-2002-reviewed-09.pdf
Artificial Rupture of Membranes: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/arm-consensus-statement-2008-final.pdf
Breastfeeding: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/breastfeeding-2002refs-2009.pdf
Cervical Screening: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/cervical-screening-2001.pdf
Complementary Therapies: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/complementary-therapies-2004-refs-updated-2009.pdf
Family Violence: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/family-violence-2002-references-updated-2005-.pdf
Fetal Monitoring in Labour: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/foetal-monitoring-in-labour-2005.pdf
Gestational Diabetes: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/gestational-diabetes-refs-2009.pdf
Group B Strep: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/group-b-strep-nzcom.pdf
HIV Screening: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/hiv-ratified-2006-refs-2009.pdf
Immunisation: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/immunisation-2001-refs-2009.pdf
Informed Consent: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/informed-consent-2000-refs-2009.pdf
Laboratory Testing/Screening: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/lab-tests-2002-refs-2009.pdf
Mentoring: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/mentoring-2000.pdf
Midwives Using Ultrasound: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/midwives-using-ultrasound-oct-2006.pdf
Normal Birth: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/normal-birth-ratified-agm-2006-refs-2009.pdf
Oral Health: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/oral-health-guidelines.pdf
Prescribing: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/prescribing-2002-refs-2009.pdf
Roles and Responsibilities: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/roles-2002.pdf
Sexually Transmitted Infections: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/sexually-transmitted-infections-final-2008.pdf
The Role of Non-regulated Support People: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/support-person-consensus-statement.pdf
Third Stage: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/third-stage-consensus-may-2006.pdf
VBAC: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/vbac-1996-updated-2004.pdf
Vitamin K: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/vitamin-k-2000.pdf
Waterbirth: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/waterbirth-2002.pdf
Booking Guidelines: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/nzcom-booking-guidelines-final-sept-08.pdf
Transfer Guidelines: http://www.midwife.org.nz/index.cfm/3,108,559/nzcom-transfer-guidelines-final-sept-08-.pdf
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