WORKING AS A COORDINATOR MIDWIFE IN A TERTIARY ...

My perspectives of partnership in the tertiary setting .......................................25
My pre-assumptions of stress in the delivery suite workplace .........................26
Summary ....................................................................................................................28
Overview of the Thesis ..............................................................................................29
CHAPTER TWO Literature Review ............................................................................31
Introduction ...............................................................................................................31
The Realities of the Tertiary Delivery Suite Setting .................................................32
New Zealand perspectives of secondary and tertiary hospital midwifery
dynamics from the outside ‘looking in’ ......................................................34
New Zealand perspectives of secondary and tertiary hospital midwifery
dynamics from the inside ‘looking out’ ......................................................35
The ‘Emotion Work’ and the ‘Shadow Work’ of Midwifery ....................................42
“Is it reasonable to aim for happy healthy midwives?” ....................................44
Risk Management and Resilience .............................................................................47
Communication and Decision Making ......................................................................50
The New Zealand Midwifery Workforce and ‘Feeling Safe’....................................52
The Heart of Midwifery Leadership ..........................................................................56
Summary ....................................................................................................................60
CHAPTER THREE Research Methodology ................................................................62
Introduction ...............................................................................................................62
Heidegger’s Phenomenology .....................................................................................63
Phenomenology .................................................................................................63
What is a phenomenon? ....................................................................................64
Being and Dasein ..............................................................................................64
Time and Temporality .......................................................................................65
Facticity .............................................................................................................65
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