Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg

Introduction Public health nurses are registered nurses with a specialisation in health promotion and preventive work with children, young people and families. Health promotion and preventive work involves a resource-focused approach, helping individuals gain control over and improve their health (1, 2). The public health nursing programme is a master’s degree of 120 ECTS credits, with the possibility of completing 90 credits to achieve a recognised public health nursing qualification (3).

Introduction The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends that women be provided with information on pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) as part of their antenatal care (1). National clinical guidelines for postnatal care strongly advise one to two structured, individualised consultations during their postnatal hospital stay, including information and guidance on pelvic floor muscles and the offer of tailored exercise programmes (2).

Nok en gang opplever erfarne jordmødre at deres kompetanse og innsats ikke verdsettes. Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge (UNN) har besluttet å fjerne stabiliseringsstillegget – et lønnstillegg på 50 000 kroner som ble innført for å beholde jordmødre med mer enn ti års ansiennitet, etter at ti kolleger sluttet på kort tid. Nå risikerer avdelingen å miste ytterligere 16 jordmødre med 20–30 års erfaring, fordi lønnsforskjellen mellom nyutdannede og erfarne igjen blir urimelig liten.