Skills for Midwifery Practice E-Book , 3rd Edition

Description

Approx.422 pages

Key Features

• An essential midwifery textbook that covers the fundamental practical tasks required of the student
• Clear layout ensures easy access to information
• Highly illustrated to aid understanding
• Designed to improve competency when delivering basic skills

New to this Edition

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• Expanded chapter on the skills used during the first stage of labour
• Application of national guideline for the management of care
• Postnatal examination
• Discussion of the use of infrared touch/non-touch thermometry techniques
• Specific information on locating pulse sites
• More on SATS monitoring
• Increased information on the skills for the second stage of labour, infant feeding and daily examination of the baby
• Greater reference to infection control protocols and the reduction of hospital-acquired infections.

Readership

Midwifery students

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Ruth Johnson, BA(Hons) RGN RM, Supervisor of Midwives Formerly Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire, now Clinical Midwife in the UK and Wendy Taylor, BSc (Hons) MSc RN RM, Formerly Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire, now Clinical Midwifery Educator in Whangarei, New Zealand