Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice
eBook - ePub

Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice

About this book

Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice provides a guide to continuing professional development needs and meeting the latest Post-Registration and Practice (PREP) requirements. Building on Skills for Midwifery Practice by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, this book follows a similar format already familiar to many midwives. Whilst aimed primarily at registered midwives, the principles and philosophy apply across interprofessional boundaries. Grounded in safe practice and on contemporary evidence, this book also ensures that the health and wellbeing of the mother, baby and family remain at the forefront of care.- Lists underpinning practices and guidelines- Rationale, including indications and contraindications of when the skill should be undertaken- Procedure: how the skill is performed, evaluated and documented- Professional responsibilities- Key practice points- References and further reading

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Yes, you can access Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice by Jayne E. Marshall, Maureen D. Raynor, Jayne E. Marshall,Maureen D. Raynor in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780702030062
eBook ISBN
9780702042621
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Contributors
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter One. Introduction
  8. Chapter Two. The midwife's professional responsibilities in developing competence in new skills
  9. Chapter Three. Complementary therapies in midwifery
  10. Chapter Four. Ultrasonography in midwifery practice
  11. Chapter Five. Reducing unnecessary caesarean section by external cephalic version
  12. Chapter Six. Peripheral intravenous cannulation
  13. Chapter Seven. Midwives undertaking ventouse births
  14. Chapter Eight. Forceps-assisted birth
  15. Chapter Nine. Facilitating vaginal breech birth at term
  16. Chapter Ten. Perineal management and repair
  17. Chapter Eleven. Haemodynamic assessment and monitoring in maternity care
  18. Chapter Twelve. Physiological examination of the neonate
  19. Chapter Thirteen. Infant massage
  20. Chapter Fourteen. Postnatal physiological examination of the mother
  21. Chapter Fifteen. Working in new ways to advance midwifery skills in practice
  22. Index