Tackling the taboo

Article Abstract:

British midwife Comfort Momoh works to educate the British medical community to recognize that many immigrant women in the UK have had genital mutilation performed on them as a child and require special obstetric and gynecological treatment. She also uses political action and education to help eliminate the practice. She is the only midwife in the United Kingdom who performs partial reversals of genital mutilation by surgically enlarging the vagina opening of pregnant women in her care.

Midwives, Health aspects, Political activity, Prevention, Female circumcision, Momoh, Comfort

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How I coped with Hurricane Katrina...

Article Abstract:

Barbara Sattler, a nurse, relates her experience of dealing with the victims of hurricane Katrina. She felt empowered, though the experience was traumatic and draining, while she took this unique opportunity to re-evaluate her own nursing practice, through the reactions of the victims.

Psychological aspects, Care and treatment, Management, Emergency medical services, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company business management, Hurricanes, Disaster victims, Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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Volunteering can work for all

Article Abstract:

A brief description on the way in which nurses could utilize volunteers and boost their own professional and personal development by volunteering themselves is presented. Health sector volunteering helps to improve quality of life for both patients and health care professionals.

Volunteerism, Volunteer workers in medical care, Medical volunteers, Professional development

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