Maureen Raynor

Contact

• workRoom M07 Academic Division of Midwifery, Post Graduate Education Centre
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• work0115 8231922
• fax0115 8231 930
• maureen.raynor@nottingham.ac.uk
• www.nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Employed by the University of Nottingham (City campus), Academic Division of Midwifery, Maureen works as a midwifery lecturer. She is also a supervisor of midwives, where she supports both independent and NHS based midwives.

Maureen undertakes clinical practice on a weekly basis on the local Labour Suite and Maternity Assessment Suite, where she is link/liaison lecturer. This affords collaboratively working opportunities with midwives and other disciplines. Her specialist interests including research are psychosocial issues, perinatal mental health/illness, intrapartum care, critical care, perineal care and developing/maintaining competence in new skills. She convenes the 'Best Practice' learning beyond registration module in perineal care offered at both Masters and first degree level, and is one of the named module leaders for the high dependency care course.

Maureen is a member of Nottinghamshire Perinatal Mental Health Management Network Group, Partnership in Maternity Service (PIMS) i.e. the local Maternity Services Liaison Committee, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Marcé Society (UKIMS) and a member of the local labour suite forum and management groups.

Her publications have included journal articles, book chapters and popular midwifery text books where she has co-edited/co-authored, namely: Decision Making in Midwifery Practice and Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice published by Elsevier and Psychology for Midwives published by OUP. She also acts as a peer reviewer for Midwifery journal.

Teaching Summary

Maureen specialist subject areas for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are:

1. Psychosocial issues

2. Intrapartum care

3. Perineal care

4. Perinatal mental illness

5. Midwifery practice

6. Midwifery supervision

7. Developing and maintaining competence in new skills.

Research Summary

Maureen is the PI for the collaborative study: Assessing degree of time spent by midwives providing continuous one-to-one care for women in active labour: a questionnaire and video study.

Recent Publications

• WILLS, J, MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Forceps-assisted births. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elsevier. 77-87 (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Working in New Ways to Advance Midwifery Skills in Practice. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elseveir. 173-180 (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D. and ENGLAND, C, 2010. Pyschology for Midwives: Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium OUP. (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elseveir. 57-66 (In Press.)

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• Intake Leader
• Personal Teacher
• Supervisor of Midwives
• Link teacher to Labour Suite, MAS and Sycamore team (Old Basford, Radford, Wollaton and Strelley)
• Midwifery representative on the Clinical Skills Training Centre Working Group, Nottingham City Hospital

Past Research

Midwives' perception of Case Holding Midwifery (Partners in Care Scheme): a case study undertaken as part fulfilment of a Masters degree.

• WILLS, J, MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Forceps-assisted births. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elsevier. 77-87 (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Working in New Ways to Advance Midwifery Skills in Practice. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elseveir. 173-180 (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D. and ENGLAND, C, 2010. Pyschology for Midwives: Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium OUP. (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D, 2010. Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elseveir. 57-66 (In Press.)
• KETTLE, C. and RAYNOR, M.D., 2010. Perineal Management and Repair. In: MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, eds., Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice Elseveir. 104-120 (In Press.)
• OATES, M and RAYNOR, M.D, 2009. Perinatal Mental Health Part B: Perinatal Psychiatric Disorders. In: FRASER, D.M and COOPER, M.A, eds., Myles Textbook for Midwives 15th. Churchill Livingstone. 686-704
• RAYNOR, M.D, 2009. Perinatal Mental Health: The Psychological Context of Pregnancy and the Puerperium Part A. In: FRASER, D.M. and COOPER, M.A, eds., Myles Textbook for Midwives 15th. Churchill Livingstone. 680 - 685
• RAYNOR,M.D, 2006. Pregnancy and the Puerperium: the social and psychologial context Journal of Perinatal Psychiatry. 5(1), 1-4
• RAYNOR,M.D, 2006. Perinatal Mental Illness:Conditions Classified as Serious In: Nursing Times Live 2006 Exhibition.
• RAYNOR,M.D, 2006. Women's Mental Health:Social and Psychological Context of Childbearing Women's Health Journal. 3(2), 64-67
• RAYNOR,M and OATESM, 2006. The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy and Childbirth. In: FRASER, D, COOPER, M and NOLTE, eds., Myles Textbook for Midwives: African Edition African. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 653-671 (In Press.)
• RAYNOR, M.D., MARSHALL, J.E and SULLIVAN, A., eds., 2005. Decision Making in Midwifery Practice Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
• RAYNOR,M.D, 2005. Screening for perinatal mental illness:Nottingham's Model In: 27 Triennial International Confederation of Midwives Congress.
• SULLIVAN, A., RAYNOR, M. and OATES, M., 2003. Why mothers die: perinatal mental health British Journal of Midwifery. VOL 11(PART 5), 310-317
• RAYNOR,M.D. and OATES,M.R., 2003. The psychology and psychopathology of pregnancy and childbirth. In: FRASER, D & COOPER, M.A, ed., Myles Textbook for Midwives 14th. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. 653 - 671
• RAYNOR,M.D., SULLIVAN,A. and OATES,M.R, 2003. Why Mothers Die: Mental Health - A Public Health Concern British Journal of Midwifery. 11(6), 393-395
• RAYNOR,M.D, 2003. Pregnancy and the Puerperium: the Social and Pyscholoical Context Journal of Perinatal Psychiatry. 2(2), 1-4
• MARSHALL, J.E and RAYNOR, M.D, 2002. Conscientious objection 1: legal and ethical issues British Journal of Midwifery. VOL 10(PART 6), 388, 390-392
• RAYNOR, M.D. and MARSHALL, J.E, 2002. Conscientious objection 2: professional responsibilities British Journal of Midwifery. VOL 10(PART 9), 574-577
• RAYNOR,M.D. and NEWTON,C, 2000. Routine Intrapartum Care.. In: BAKER, KL & EDELSTONE, D, ed., Best Practice in Labour Ward Management. 1. W.B. Saunders, Edinburgh. xiii,530
• RAYNOR,M.D. and MORGAN,R, 2000. Female Genital Mutilation: Unveiled and Deconstructed.. In: FRASER, D, ed., Professional Studies for Midwifery Practice. 1. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. 45-62
• RAYNOR,M.D. and CHURCH,P, 2000. Reflection and Articulating Intuition.. In: FRASER, D, ed., Professional Studies for Midwifery Practice Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. 23-44
• RAYNOR,M.D, 1998. Maternity Care.. In: HINCHLIFF, S.E & SCHOBER, J.E, ed., Nursing Practice and Health Care: A Foundation Text 3. Edward Arnold, London. 421-456
• RAYNOR, MAUREEN D and ENGLAND, CAROLE, Psychology for midwives Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2010..