Hi Leslie, I am a midwife practicing in Norway where I also was educated. I have a nursing degree from the US where I grew up and lived before we moved here. I would be interested in being part of the convenience sample of self-selected listwives responding to your questionnaire. sincerely Rachel Myr -----Original Message----- From: Lesley Hobbs <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 29. juli 1999 17:38 >Hello everyone > >I'm Lesley Hobbs, a midwife practising in Hampshire, UK. This idea is a >real box of delights! > >I have been an independent midwife for 10 years now, but I'm about to >return to the NHS as a community midwife, which I'm looking forward to very >much. I'll still be able to do the occasional independent case, which is >great because I wouldn't want to stop that completely. I also do a bit of >writing from time to time and have written a book on setting up in >independent practice > >At the moment, I'm studying for my MA and would like to pick some brains. >Does anyone know of any research, either past or current, which is to do >with how important (or not) midwives perceive their nurse training (or >nursing experience gained during training) to be in their midwifery >practice? I can't find any - which is pleasing because that's my >dissertation! - so if there is none, would people find it acceptable to >receive a questionnaire from me, via email, as part of my data collection? >Let me know what you think. > >With best wishes, Lesley. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%