This volume explores the unique challenges midwifery graduates face as they move into practice.
It identifies the similarities and differences in midwifery education regulation and clinical
practice faced by graduate midwives in all continents examining the various support systems
available for graduate midwives in many countries and identifying the common strategies
(formal and informal) and approaches that have proved to be effective in supporting midwifery
graduates.The book volume brings together the experiences of new midwives starting out in
registered practice to share the challenges and triumphs during their transition to confident
practitioners. It identifies explains and details both established and innovative new
mechanisms in place to support new midwives in each country and examines the effects the
experiences of transitioning to practice may have on future professional practice resilience
and sustainability. Lack of support during the new-graduate transition to practice has been
associated with early attrition from the midwifery profession. Stress disillusion and
horizontal violence have been identified as factors that influence midwifery attrition rates.
Exploration of the various support mechanisms currently available in different countries may
stimulate the sharing of best practices in providing new midwives with transition to practice
programmes and generate further research.Each chapter is harmonized to facilitate the
comparison between countries and the maternity services context is explained using each
country's specific legislation regulation and registration of midwives. The preparation of
midwifery students for qualified practice is outlined to explain how midwifery students are
trained and socialized into the profession mentored in their placements and then transitioned
to registered midwife status. This book appeals to midwives managers educators and newly
graduated interested in international midwifery practice.
