Jobs where you travel around the world?
I am interested in having a job where you travel to many different countries, and help people/children. Sort of like volunteer work, but I would like to be paid a decent amount of money.
How to become a midwife?
This year is my last year of high school & of course every high school student at this point should be concerned about the path of life they want to take. I want to become a midwife, but I'm not sure on what steps to take to do so. My dream is to be a midwife & travel to countries such as Africa & Southeast Asia & help women with childbirth. Where do I start?
What is intellectual midwifery?
Sounds like someone who aids in the birth of an idea... just a thought ME! 3rd paragraph, 1st link Let us go back to the first written record of people engaging in discussions of a philosophical bent: Plato’s dialogues allegedly reporting what Socrates said to his interlocutors. Socrates often explains that his role is that of a ******philosophical midwife******, not to tell people what the truth is, but rather to help them get out the truths that are already inside them. For example, in Theaetetus, Socrates tells the title character: “Well, my art of midwifery is in most respects like theirs; but differs, in that I attend men and not women; and look after their souls when they are in labour, and not after their bodies: and the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.” 4th paragraph, 2nd link Today educators world-wide still think of the “Socratic method” as the best way to teach: not by lecturing students, but by engaging them in a discussion that leads the students to a better understanding of the matter at hand. What is left out of the modern version is another important aspect of Socrates’ approach: that the teacher stands to gain as much as the pupil. Again, from Theaetetus: “And therefore I am not myself at all wise, nor have I anything to show which is the invention or birth of my own soul, but those who converse with me profit.” 1st paragraph, 3rd link 13. If Plato could have witnessed the pictures executed by the sun with the assistance of the photographer, or a hundred similar illustrations of what man does by induction, he would perhaps have been reminded of the intellectual midwifery of his master and, in his own mind might have arisen the vision of a land where all manual, mechanical labor and repetition is assigned to the power of nature, where our wants are satisfied by purely mental operations set in motion by the will, and where the supply is created by the demand. .
Where can I find an NGO to work with as a volunteer and travel around the world?
If you have a great deal of skills and experience that are needed by children and the poor (midwife, midwife training, HIV AIDS education, school management, civil engineering, etc.), and at least a Master's Degree with an accredited university, then you could apply to become a United Nations Volunteer. However, note that UNV receives many thousands of applications for relatively just a few assignments every year. There are no organizations that take well-meaning, unskilled people with good hearts and pays for them to travel around the world to work with children and the poor. Also see Volunteering Abroad (a free primer).
As a midwife, what was the easiest birth that you've attended?
Easiest?M was a first time mother. I’d attended her sister and she really liked the idea of a home birth with soft music and candles and options, just like she had seen her sister have when M had been on hand when her sister pushed her 3rd or 4th into my hands about 5 months prior, but M was really worried about what would happen if I couldn’t make it in time. M was actually fixated on this one detail, going so far as to have me offer basic instructions to her husband for how to catch a baby and offering to get me a cell phone just for her to call me when her time came. I lived about 25 minutes from M’s house.I was pregnant with my 6th when M came into my care and I would travel to see my doctor in another small town for my regular prenatal appointments, taking the back roads home from her office. One day when M was about 39 weeks, I saw my doctor and was on my way home through these same back roads when I came to an intersection; right would take me home but left would take me to M’s house. For reasons I can’t explain, I turned left and just as I was pulling into M’s driveway, my cell phone started to ring. I didn’t answer it and walked into the door that M’s husband had just thrown open, then vaulted to where M was squatting against the side of the couch just in time to catch her baby. I had no equipment, no oxygen, no gloves and no backup, and M’s baby slid out like greased butter.Her entire labour was about 10 minutes. Mom and baby were fine, but Dad was rattled to the core.
After doing general nursing & midwifery (GNM), what is the best or the most suitable option to adopt and follow to go abroad?
Hi, after your GNM , you need to get registered in the nursing council of the state that you want to work in. Join a reputed hospital as a staff nurse. Preferably in an intensive care unit. Once you have a year's experience you can process your papers to any country. Middle east is a good choice ..if want to earn fast. Uk and Ireland are cheaper to process and the process is pretty straightforward. Good life style…but you wont be able to save much . companies like IITR, and RN India are conducting interviews and have no processing fee. USA. and Canada take a long time. Australia and Newzeland will cost you around 16 lakhs. For all of these countries there are a set of exams you need to clear and a variety of options. But no matter what country you intend to go…your clinical experience after registration is what matters . so do let me know what country are you looking at…i can give you the details. All the best .
What are some difficulties of having a relationship with a midwife?
I suppose everyone that has stressful situations or jobs could use that as an excuse to be unkind. But we all have to learn to be kind, loving people, no matter the stresses of life. I agree if I haven't slept in a couple of days because of births, I can defiantly be grumpy and oversensitive etc. I’ve come home from a birth that was 2 days long and the messy kitchen made me cry and over-react.If she is a very busy midwife, she might want to re-think if she wants to slow down for the sake of keeping relationships. On your part being patient and understanding esspically after a long hard birth, would go a long way too. When you haven’t slept for a night or two, you can’t even remember if you ate. You can’t decide if you should eat or just go to bed. Maybe when you hear a birth is extra long, doing something nice, like having a meal prepared, so she can eat and go to bed, would speak volumes to her.
Will travelling home alone after abortion be possible?
If you absolutely cannot find a close friend or a family member to pick you up from the clinic, my best advice is to call a taxi to come get you at the clinic and bring you home after the procedure. Believe me, you probably won't be in any state to do a lot of walking/travelling after your procedure, even if you just have a local anesthetic. Many women experience intense cramping and abdominal pain after a surgical abortion procedure and just want to lie down and relax for the rest of the day. That's why they tell you to have someone pick you up and drive you home afterward. If you can afford it, definitely arrange for a taxi to come pick you up after your procedure. If you are in a lot of pain afterward, you definitely WON'T want to be walking to a bus stop or taking a train home. Many abortion clinics make sure that you have arranged for someone to come and pick you up before they even perform the abortion. You might want to call the clinic and ask what a woman can do if she does not have any way to get home. They might be able to arrange transportation for you or let you lie down at the clinic until you start feeling better.
What's the best way to find a great doula while traveling?
That’s a good question…I think the best way to find a doula is be referral. I am a doula and have done a lot of traveling around the world. You can check out my site ( DOULA SERVICES ) to see where I have been and maybe I can refer you to someone. Or else, contact midwives or mom groups (they are usually easy to find online) in the city you travel to and ask them for referrals.Let me know if you find any good tips, I am interested myself! :)