Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal E-Book

Description

'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred postnatal care for mothers and their babies.

• The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check
• Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period
• The features of the normal neonate
• The newborn clinical examination
• Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section
• The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing
• Postnatal fertility control
• Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.

Key Features

• The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check
• Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period
• The features of the normal neonate
• The newborn clinical examination
• Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section
• The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing
• Postnatal fertility control
• Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.

Companion Products

• Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource : Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
• Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card) : Volume 4

Readership

Student and practising midwives; labour ward personnel; nurses studying midwifery

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health; Honorary Researcher / lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University.; Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health; Honorary Researcher / lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University. and Jenny Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA , Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Bournemouth University, UK