News & Events

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) has celebrated the work of midwives on 5 May since 1992.

Palliative care nurse Carole Arbuckle explains how she learned that self-care is the key to coping with the complexity of grief and loss. Not just ‘pushing through’.

A beautiful birth, with a baby born still marked new beginnings for this couple and their photographer, read their powerful story.

Releasing this edition of the newsletter during a pandemic was difficult decision for everyone at Nurse & Midwife Support. Mark explains why we have and how we think it will help.

A beautiful and poignant story written by a nurse, witnessing and caring for people while dying and in death.

All nurses and midwives will witness death. The Nurse & Midwife Support team offer tips to help you navigate the experience.

Nurses and Midwives aren’t immune from the effects of grief, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Mark discusses those effects with guests Lea McInerney and Carole Arbuckle.

Feeling uncertain? You are not alone, managing that feeling will be key to helping you look after yourself and your patients.

Mark Aitken discusses the prospect of COVID-19 with Mental Health First Aid expert Sam Eddy.

You loved Jackie and Helen’s stories, so we asked them to join us on the podcast to celebrate nursing, midwifery, and their inspiring careers.

We seem to value kindness highly in the caring professions, and yet we don’t teach it in undergraduate programs and it has not been widely researched. When we do research kindness, we usually examine the ripple effects of kindness that is directed outwards.

Technology is opening our world up like never before. While there are many great benefits, we also need to approach this new connectedness mindfully and keep some tools and strategies in our pockets to help us look after ourselves.

Kindness is important all year round, but we often devote special attention to it as we prepare to celebrate festive holidays. Often at this time of year, many people need connection to acts of kindness that bring joy and comfort.

As a student, my most anxiety-provoking clinical practicum was my theatre placement. Coming into my fourth semester, I still found nurses in general intimidating, but theatre nurses invoked a new kind of fear in me.

Most nurses and midwives would agree that kindness is critical. Kindness makes a considerable difference to the emotional wellbeing of people at times when they are often most vulnerable.