Skills for Midwifery Practice E-Book

Ruth Bowen, Wendy Taylor

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9780702081927
• Edition: 5
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

Skills for Midwifery Practice is the go-to book for all midwifery students who need to learn what to do in a range of situations, how to perform a skill, and why they need to do it in a certain way.

Written by midwifery educators Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, the book makes learning easy with background information, learning outcomes, helpful diagrams and lists to represent the skill flow. It explains the underlying physiology associated with pregnancy and childbirth, and clearly defines the nature and extent of current practice.

This version is fully updated and referenced throughout to provide a detailed evidence base to support learning and further study. It is ideal for midwives in training, qualified midwives returning to practice, as well as other members of the obstetric healthcare team.

• Clear and logical – easy to follow and understand for training midwives
• Accurate, up-to-date evidence base that is relevant to contemporary midwifery practice
• Each skill contextualized with background, indications and contraindications to support both clinical practice and study
• Learning objectives and end-of-chapter self-assessment exercises allow readers to monitor their progress

New to this edition

• Latest guidelines and standards
• New information on resuscitation and other emergencies
• Now in full color throughout
• Expanded chapter on the use of standard precautions in light of the global pandemic
• Developed discussion of alternative feeding methods

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
•     List of Tables
•     List of Illustrations
• 1.  Principles of abdominal examination: During pregnancy and labour
• 2.  Principles of abdominal examination: During the postnatal period
• 3.  Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: Temperature measurement
• 4.  Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: Pulse measurement
• 5.  Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: Blood pressure measurement
• 6.  Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: Respiration assessment
• 7.  Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: Neurological assessment
• 8.  Principles of infection control: Standard infection prevention and control precautions
• 9.  Principles of infection control: Hand hygiene
• 10.  Principles of infection control: Principles of asepsis
• 11.  Principles of infection control: Obtaining swabs
• 12.  Principles of hygiene needs: For the woman
• 13.  Principles of hygiene needs: For the baby
• 14.  Principles of elimination management: Micturition and catheterization
• 15.  Principles of elimination management: Urinalysis
• 16.  Principles of elimination management: Defaecation
• 17.  Principles of elimination management: Obtaining urinary and stool specimens
• 18.  Principles of drug administration: Legal aspects, pharmacokinetics and anaphylaxis
• 19.  Principles of drug administration: Oral administration
• 20.  Principles of drug administration: Injection technique
• 21.  Principles of drug administration: Administration of medicines per vaginam
• 22.  Principles of drug administration: Administration of medicines per rectum
• 23.  Principles of drug administration: Intravenous drug administration
• 24.  Principles of drug administration: Inhalational analgesia – entonox
• 25.  Principles of drug administration: Epidural analgesia
• 26.  Principles of drug administration: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
• 27.  Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: Optimal fetal positioning
• 28.  Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: Cusco speculum use
• 29.  Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: Membrane sweep
• 30.  Principles of intrapartum skills: First-stage issues
• 31.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Second-stage issues
• 32.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Third-stage issues
• 33.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Examination of the placenta
• 34.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Perineal repair
• 35.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Management of birth at home
• 36.  Principles of intrapartum skills: Management of labour and birth in water
• 37.  Assessment of the baby: Assessment at birth
• 38.  Assessment of the baby: Daily examination
• 39.  Assessment of the baby: Capillary sampling
• 40.  Assessment of the baby: Developmental dysplasia of the hips
• 41.  Principles of infant nutrition: Breastfeeding
• 42.  Principles of infant nutrition: Alternative methods – finger, syringe, cup and spoon feeding
• 43.  Principles of infant nutrition: Decontamination of feeding equipment
• 44.  Principles of infant nutrition: Formula feeding
• 45.  Principles of infant nutrition: Nasogastric feeding
• 46.  Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: Maternal venepuncture
• 47.  Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: Intravenous cannulation
• 48.  Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: Intravenous infusion
• 49.  Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous infusion: Blood transfusion
• 50.  Principles of manual handling
• 51.  Principles of perioperative skills
• 52.  Principles of wound management: Healing and care
• 53.  Principles of restricted mobility management: Pressure area care
• 54.  Principles of restricted mobility management: Prevention of venous thromboembolism
• 55.  Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Maternal resuscitation
• 56.  Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Neonatal resuscitation
• Glossary
• Index