Decision-making framework for nursing and midwifery

Decisions about both the individual’s and the profession’s practice can be guided using DMF.
When making these decisions, nurses and midwives need to consider their individual and their respective profession’s scope of practice.

Previous research in medicine and nursing is not adequate to address decision-making in midwifery because although clinical reasoning is a necessary condition for valid decision-making, it in not sufficient when decisions have to be negotiated with the woman and with other members of the maternity care team.

Nursing practice is dynamic and subject to constant influence by the health care environment.
Decision-making frameworks are increasingly being used to assist the individual nurse to make decisions about their own scope of practice.
What are decision-making frameworks? .

The NMBA Decision-making framework for nursing and midwifery (the DMF) is an evidence-based1 contemporary document that is to be used in conjunction with standards for practice, policies, regulations and legislation related to nursing or midwifery. evidence-based.