Edinburgh Napier University

Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History

Journal Article

Ring, N., McHugh, N. M., Reed, B. B., Davidson-Welch, R., & Dodd, L. S. (2024)

Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History. Nurse Education Today, 133, Article 106026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106026

Background: Nearly 4000 people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563-1736. Some of these were healers, midwives, and nurses. Objective: To investigate Scotland’...

Coded rhetoric: The reality of midwifery practice

Journal Article

Group, B. P., Mander, R., & McHugh, N. (2016)

Coded rhetoric: The reality of midwifery practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(5), 344-352. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.5.344

In the light of certain failings in NHS provision of care, the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC, 2015) Code requires staff to engage more effectively with patients and ser...

Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?

Journal Article

Edwards, N., Gilbert, A., Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., & Patterson, J. (2016)

Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?. Practising Midwife, 19(3), 12-16

The effects of budgetary changes on midwives' practice environment have raised concerns in many settings. A survey of midwives and student midwives in the UK and Republic of I...

Fear Amongst Midwives

Journal Article

McHugh, N., & Birth Project Group. (2015)

Fear Amongst Midwives. RcM Midwives, 18(3), 60-62

The politics of maternity.

Journal Article

Mander, R., Edwards, N., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., & Patterson, J. (2014)

The politics of maternity. Practising Midwife, 17, 21-23

Changes in the culture of health care require that, to be effective, midwifery practice should become more woman-centred. This may be facilitated by adopting a stronger commun...

Pandora's Box: how to humanise educational technology to ensure an emotionally fluent midwifery programme - recognising the issues

Journal Article

McLuckie, C., & McHugh, N. (2013)

Pandora's Box: how to humanise educational technology to ensure an emotionally fluent midwifery programme - recognising the issues. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 23, 423-427

This article will focus on the challenge of providing an emotionally vibrant midwifery curriculum for our three year undergraduate programme. We plan to achieve this through t...

A Tale of Two Supervisors.

Journal Article

McHugh, N., Edwards, N., & Leap, N. (2013)

A Tale of Two Supervisors. Essentially MIDIRS, 4, 40-45

Review: Pregnancy Sickness: A Biopsychological Perspective.

Journal Article

McHugh, N. (2013)

Review: Pregnancy Sickness: A Biopsychological Perspective. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 23, 194-196

Research review

Review of: Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Depression in Pregnancy.

Journal Article

McHugh, N. (2013)

Review of: Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Depression in Pregnancy. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 23, 194-196

Research review

Midwives of the soul: the spirituality of birth.

Journal Article

McHugh, N. (2002)

Midwives of the soul: the spirituality of birth. Midwifery matters / Association of Radical Midwives. 97, 4-5. ISSN 0961-1479

The intention of this article is to focus on the spirituality of birth in an attempt to recognise how all the elements of birth can blend into a synergy of celebration that tr...