The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-118-41093-6 (ISBN)
The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is essential reading for all student midwives.
Now updated to include the latest 2012 NMC Midwifery Rules and Standards and a brand new chapter on the midwife and public health, this comprehensive resource provides a wide range of need-to-know information for student midwives, including:
Effective communication and documentation
Confidentiality
Interdisciplinary working
The fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care
Assessment and examination of the new-born baby
Medicines
Public health
Clinical decision-making
Evidence-based practice
With case studies, words of wisdom from current midwives and a range of activities and self-test questions throughout – making it easy to learn and understand key concepts – The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is the ideal companion for students throughout their course.
About the editors Professor Ian Peate is Visiting Professor, University of West London, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing. Cathy Hamilton is Senior Lecturer of Midwifery at the University of Hertfordshire and Supervisor of Midwives at West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust.
contributors iv
Preface to the Second Edition vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Effective Communication 8
2 Effective Documentation 26
3 Confidentiality 41
4 The Aims of Antenatal Care 57
5 Programmes of Care During Childbirth 72
6 Interprofessional Working: Seamless Working within Maternity Care 88
7 Intrapartum Care 102
8 Effective Emergency Care 131
9 Initial Assessment and Examination of the Newborn Baby 156
10 Effective Postnatal Care 172
11 Medication and the Midwife 198
12 The Midwife and Public Health 214
13 Regulating the Midwifery Profession 230
14 The Impact of Cultural Issues on the Practice of Midwifery 249
15 Legislation and the Midwife 261
16 Decision Making 277
17 Health, Safety and Environmental Issues 293
18 Evidence-Based Practice 312
19 Statutory Supervision of Midwives 329
20 Clinical Governance:A Framework for Improving Quality in Maternity Care 345
Answers to Quiz Questions 365
Glossary 374
Index 381
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.1.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 188 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 848 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-41093-9 / 1118410939 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-41093-6 / 9781118410936 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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