NURSING FIELDS

Differences between Mental Health Nursing, Children Nursing and Midwifery

Differences between Mental Health Nursing, Children Nursing and Midwifery

Differences between nursing branches

Midwifery

Mental Health

Children Nursing

Setting worked in

Clinics and home care

Mental Institutes and hospital wards

Paediatric wards and children clinics

Skills required

Basic Gynaecology and infant care, Clinical,

Leadership, communication, interpersonal,

Teaching

Empathy, diagnostic skills and communication skills, Being Alert, Intuitive, Reassuring, Confident, Supportive, Good communication and teaching skills, Adaptable, Versatile

Medication application, monitoring and non-verbal examination

Patients/service users cared for

Pregnant Females,

All Ages. Prominently: old people, mentally ill and demented people, Patients experiencing acute mental distress or who have an enduring mental illness, patients suffering from neuroses, psychoses, psychological and personality disorders

Children mostly between the age of 1 to 16

Career opportunities

Opportunities in hospitals, personal care and clinical settings

Opportunities in mental wards, hospitals and mental institutions

Opportunities in Paediatric wards and child care clinics as well as hospitals

Multi-disciplinary team (professional who they work with)

Doctors, Gynaecologists and other midwives

Psychologists, doctors, nurses and even scientists, Patients, Patients families, Psychiatrists, G.P's, Carers,

Social Worker, Healthcare assistants, Occupational therapists

Paediatricians, nurses, child care doctors and emergency ward staff, Doctors, Hospital play staff, Radiographers, HCA's, Newborn hearing screeners, Psychologists, Social Workers, Midwives, Nurses

Summary of job description

Midwives have the responsibility of guiding a pregnant woman through the phase of labour and pregnancy. The nurse has to ensure that the pregnant woman is properly cared for and medicated and the delivered child is care for properly till it can self sustain.

Nurses in the mental health field also have responsibilities of dealing with patients suffering from mental illnesses.

Nurses in the field of child nursing have to ensure that the child's problem is understood and proper medication is given in the proper amount at the right time. Additionally, nurses in this profession have to communicate with the parents as well as the doctor and properly monitor the progress of the child.

Remuneration

One of the top ten highest paid professions in the USA, midwives with proper qualifications are paid almost $84,000 per annum

Mental health nurses are paid up to $21,176 in the beginning and have a lot of potential for increments

Nurses in this field get paid up to $16050 per annum.

Qualifications

Degree and pre-registration training

3yr pre reg diploma/degree.

1yr post reg programme for nurses.

2yr accelerated courses for graduates.

Degree and pre-registration training

Sources: (NHS.com, 2011), (HCC, 2012), (CITY.AC, 2012)

Nursing Skills Required for Midwifery, Mental Health Nursing and Children Health

Mental health nursing: Job Summary and Requirement details

Settings worked in

Mostly, nurses in the field of mental health work in hospitals and mental institutions. In mental institutions, they work in a controlled environment where the patients are practically living like they would spend their normal lives and the nurse has to gel in with the patients and become a part of the family there, to be able to provide proper care to those patients. On the other hand, the mental ward of a hospital hosts such patients for brief periods of time and in this case, the nurse has to conduct proper surveillance and monitoring till the time the patient is either discharged or moved to an institution for further ...