Prof. Nina Knape, Ph. D..
Head of the bachelor program in midwifery
Vice President
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Teaching areas
- Midwifery science
- Care and supply concepts in midwifery
- Evidence-based Midwifery
- Nursing and health care management
- Health economic evaluations
- Hospital finance
- Human resource management
- Quantitative research and teaching research projects
Research focus
- Health services research in obstetrics
- Health economic evaluations
Current
Professional career
| 2/2017 | Completion of doctoral studies with the title of Philosophical Doctor in Nursing Science (Ph. D.) at the Private University of Witten/Herdecke. |
| Since 3/2015 | Professor of midwifery science and course director in the dual bachelor's degree program in midwifery (B.Sc.) at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen |
| 9/2014 until 2/2015 | Assigned to represent the professorship of midwifery science at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen on the Rhine |
| 3/2014 until 8/2014 | Doctoral scholarship holder and lecturer at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences |
| 4/2011 until 3/2014 | PhD scholar of the research focus: Care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum - instruments for cross-sectoral quality development - IsQua at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and in the Ph. D. college of the University of Witten/Herdecke funded by the VW Foundation |
| 2006 until 3/2011 | Research assistant in the BMBF-funded research project: Cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness analyses of different care offers in obstetrics at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences |
| 3/2002 until 6/2006 | Part-time study "Nursing and Health Care Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück with the degree of Diplom-Kauffrau (FH) |
| 10/1997 until 10/2006 | Freelance midwife with the activity emphasis: Attended births, preventive care, postpartum care, birth preparation and postnatal gymnastics |
Collaboration in the self-administration of the university
- Head of the dual bachelor program in midwifery (B.Sc.)
- Member of the examination board in the Department of Social and Health Services
Memberships/cooperation in further committees
- German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi e.V.)
- Section for Higher Education of the German Society for Midwifery Science
- German Association of Midwives (DHV e.V.)
- German Network of Evidence-Based Medicine (Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin e.V.)
- Round Table Obstetrics of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography Rhineland-Palatinate
- Advisory board member of the sector monitoring "Landesprojekt Berufsverbleib in den Gesundheitsfachberufen" of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography Rhineland-Palatinate
- Reviewer for the journal: Zeitschrift für Hebammenwissenschaft (Journal for Midwifery Science)
- Collaboration in the educational advisory board of the German Midwives Association for the reform of the midwifery law in the context of the academization of the profession (2016-2017)
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Knape, N.& Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2018). The association between midwives' workload and care density and utilization of analgesia and anesthesia procedures - a secondary data analysis. 4th International Symposium of the German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi). Mainz, Feb. 16, 2018. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House. doi: 10.3205/18dghwi02, urn: urn:nbn:en0183-18dghwi023.
Knape, N., Mayer, H., Schnepp, W. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2014). The association between attendance of midwives and workload of midwives with the mode of birth: Secondary analyses in the German healthcare system. BioMedCentral Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14, 300. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-300.
Knape, N., Schnepp, W., Krahl, A. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2013). The efficiency of one-to-one support during labor - a literature analysis. Journal of obstetrics and neonatology, 217(5), 161-172.
Accepted papers/workshops/symposia/posters.
Kast, M., Hesse, F., Hobbie. C., Knape, N. (2019, May). Studying midwifery part-time. Poster presented at the National Midwifery Congress, German Midwives Association, Bremen.
Knape, N. (2018, 3/21). The academization of the midwifery profession in the context of the obstetric care situation in Rhineland-Palatinate. Presentation at the Parliamentary Evening of the Midwives Association Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz.
Knape, N. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2018, 2/16). The relationship between midwives' workload and care density and utilization of analgesia and anesthesia procedures - a secondary data analysis. 4th presentation at the 4th International Symposium of the German Society for Midwifery Science (DGHWi), Mainz.
Bosch, A., Knape, N., Beckmann, L. & Hähner-Rombach, S. (2017, 11/30). Avoiding cesarean section - a qualitative analysis of relevant factors from the perspective of midwives, physicians in delivery rooms with below average cesarean section rates. Paper presented at the 28th German Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Berlin.
Knape, N. (2016, May 4). Cesarean section: an economic perspective. Presentation at the National Congress of Midwives, German Association of Midwives, Hamburg.
Knape, N. (2015, 11/26). Labor density and continuity of care during childbirth. Presentation at the 3rd International Symposium on Obstetric Care Weiter denken, Osnabrück.
Muhl, J., Knape, N., Rogava, N. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2014, 2/21). Process analysis of obstetric departments in the context of midwifery staffing needs assessment. Poster at the 2nd International Symposium of the German Society for Midwifery Science, Kassel.
Knape, N., Schnepp, W. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2013, May 23-25). Determining organizational predictors supporting normal birth. Poster presented at the First European Congress on Intrapartum Care, Amsterdam.
Rogava, N., Knape, N., Gorschlüter, P., Haubrock, M. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2013, 5.5.). Challenges in developing a workforce needs assessment tool: presentation and critical review of the chosen method. Poster presented at the research workshop, Midwifery Community Care, Nuremberg.
Rogava, N., Knape, N., Gorschlüter, P., Haubrock, M. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2013, 7.5.). Approaches to midwifery staffing needs assessment in obstetrics - Strengths and limitations. Paper presented at the National Midwifery Congress, German Midwives Association, Nuremberg.
Knape, N., Schnepp, W. & Sayn-Wittgenstein, F. z. (2013, May 7). Attendances, workloads, interventions and activity profiles of midwives - which work factors and work models of midwives influence the remuneration level of birth in clinics? Paper presented at the National Midwifery Congress, German Midwives Association, Nuremberg.
Further publications
DGHWi (2018). Recommendations of the Section of Higher Education of the German Society of Midwifery for the Transfer of Midwifery Education to Universities. Accessed 8/26/2018 https://dghwi.de/images/DGHWi_Sektion-Hochschulbildung_Akademisierung-Hebammenausbildung_2018-01.pdf
DHV & DGHWI (2017). Key points paper of the German Midwives Association e. V. and the German Society for Midwifery Science e. V. for the reform of the midwifery profession. Accessed 2 Jan. 2019 www.hebammenverband.de/beruf-hebamme/akademisierung/index.php.
Knape, N. & Bauer, N. H. (2017). On the reform of professional laws and the work of the Pedagogical Advisory Board of the German Midwives Association. Journal of Midwifery Science, 5(1), 7-8. Accessed 8/26/2018 at https://dghwi.de/images/DGHWi_Sektion-Hochschulbildung_Akademisierung-Hebammenausbildung_2018-01.pdf
Knape, N. (2016). A secondary data analysis of midwives' workload and care density in clinical birth care of low-risk parturients. Dissertation. University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten.
Knape, N. & Schäfers, R. (2015). Statement of the German Society of Midwifery Science on the regionalization of obstetric care in Schleswig-Holstein. Journal of Midwifery Science 3(2), 46-51.
Herrmann, V., Liehr, C., Noltemeyer, S., Scholz, G., Stoltenberg, E. & Knape, N. (2014). The stork does not bring a solution. German Midwifery Journal, 66(9), 74-78.
Knape, N. (2013). Between innovation and tradition - the birth of a peer review process. Journal of Midwifery Sciences, 1(2), 34-35.
Matterne, A., Ayerle, G., Schäfers, R. & Knape, N. (2013). Statement of the German Society of Midwifery Science (DGHWi) on the current caesarean section rate in Germany. Journal of Midwifery Science, 1(2), 40-47.
Schäfers, R., Ayerle G., Mattern, E., Knape, N. & Greening, M. (2013). DGHWi statement. Skillful non-midwifery. German midwifery journal, 1(1),14-6.
Schäfers, R., Ayerle, G., Mattern, E., Knape, N. & Greening, M. (2013). Statement on interventions in midwifery. Journal of Midwifery Science, 1(1), 12-13.
Krahl, A., Knape, N. & Loytved, C. (2013). Statement on the birthplace study in England. Journal of Midwifery Science, 1(1), 17-20.