Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Midwifery written by Sue Battersby and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and bestselling handbook provides midwives with everything they need for successful practice. It contains concise, practical and expert guidance on all aspects of the midwife's role, from pre-conceptual advice to the final post-natal examination of the mother and baby.
Download or read book A Book for Midwives written by Susan Klein and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Midwifery Research written by Mary Steen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research is a fundamental part of midwifery practice. However, not everyone finds it easy to understand the basic principles, and particularly the language of research. This accessible handbook enables midwives and student midwives to firstly understand how to search and make sense of research evidence, how to write a research proposal and finally how to undertake a research study. The Handbook of Midwifery Research specifically focuses on the needs of midwives and students and helps increase the knowledge and understanding of midwifery research, enabling the reader to undertake research with confidence. With case studies, learning objectives and clear examples throughout, this is an essential purchase for any midwife or student wanting to understand or undertake research. This handbook includes useful tools and techniques to assist midwives and students to keep themselves up-to-date with the best available evidence, enabling them to apply this evidence to their own clinical practice. An essential resource for midwifery students as well as qualified midwives Clear, straightforward, and accessible in style Provides midwives and students with the skills to undertake research with confidence Provides examples throughout to apply research to midwifery practice Includes a glossary of research terms
Download or read book A Book for Midwives written by Susan Klein and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Midwife s Labour and Birth Handbook written by Vicky Chapman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition: “…An outstanding handbook. It will be a familiar volume on most midwifery bookshelves, providing an excellent guide to midwifery focused care of both woman and child in the birthing setting.” - Nursing Times Online Providing a practical and comprehensive guide to midwifery care, The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook continues to promote best practice and a safe, satisfying birthing experience with a focus on women-centred care. Covering all aspects of care during labour and birth, from obstetric emergencies to the practicalities of perineal repair (including left-hand suturing), the fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to include: Full colour photographs of kneeling extended breech and footling breech births New water birth and breech water birth photographs Female genital mutilation Sepsis Group B streptococcus Care of the woman with diabetes /Neonatal hypoglycaemia Mental health Seeding/microbirthing It also addresses important issues such as: Why are the numbers of UK women giving birth in stirrups RISING rather than falling? Why are so few preterm babies given bedside resuscitation with the cord intact? Would the creation of midwife breech practitioners/specialists enable more women to choose vaginal breech birth and is breech water birth safe? What is the legal position for women who choose to free birth – and their birth partners? Why are midwives challenging the OASI care bundle? Incorporating research, evidence and anecdotal observations, The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook remains an essential resource for both student midwives and experienced practising midwives.
Download or read book The Midwives Book written by Mrs. Jane Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1671 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work supplied English midwives and English women with a compendium of information for the Continent and from the author's own thirty years of experience.
Download or read book Nurse midwifery Handbook written by Linda A. Wheeler and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is aimed at those who provide prenatal and postpartum care to low-risk women. Emphasizing hands-on care, the book includes coverage of history-taking, physical exams, laboratory tests, health education, how to conduct an initial and a return prenatal visit, and the postpartum period and family planning. Focus is placed on physical and psychosocial well-being and health promotion, and special features include healthy pregnancy questions for differentiating between common discomforts and potential complications. Key moments tables summarize essential information for key gestational ages and the book also includes history-taking forms.
Download or read book A Pocket Guide to Clinical Midwifery written by Lauren A. Dutton and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pocket Guide to Clinical Midwifery: The Efficient Midwife, Second Edition is a must-have resource for midwives and women's health nurse practitioners.It features important concepts, diagnostic tools, algorithms, and management options, including conventional, lifestyle, and complementary therapies, all in one place.
Download or read book The Soul Midwives Handbook written by Felicity Warner and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soul Midwives, a movement begun by Felicity Warner, has changed the face of modern holistic and spiritual palliative care in the UK and abroad.Soul Midwives are holistic and spiritual companions to the dying. They draw on traditional skills, now largely forgotten, applying them to our modern world to ease the passage of those who are dying. Their services are used within people's own homes, in hospices and in care homes.Anyone with an open and compassionate heart and a desire to help others can train to become a Soul Midwife. This book will guide you through the core principles and techniques of this practice.
Download or read book The Handbook for Midwives written by Henry Fly Smith and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Myles Textbook for Midwives E Book written by Jayne E. Marshall and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most-popular midwifery textbook in the world! The sixteenth edition of this seminal textbook, Myles Textbook for Midwives, has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today. - Well illustrated to assist visual learning - Boxes highlighting significant information to aid study - Introduction, Aims of the chapter and Conclusion for each chapter - References, Further Reading and Useful websites to promote further learning - Glossary of terms and acronyms provide simple definition of more complex terminologies Additional online resources - Over 500 multiple-choice questions enable students to test their knowledge - Unlabelled illustrations help reinforce learning - Full image bank of illustrations to make study more visual and assist with projects. - Full colour illustrations now used throughout the book, in response to student feedback - Contains many new chapters, some of which are authored by members of the multi-professional team - Up-to-date guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governance - Recognition that midwives increasingly care for women with complex health needs, in a multicultural society - Examination of the dilemmas involved in caring for women with a raised body mass index - Chapter on optimising care of the perineum for women with perineal trauma, including those who have experienced female genital mutilation - Guidance to support the trend for midwives to undertake the neonatal physical examination of the healthy term infant - Additional coverage of basic neonatal resuscitation
Download or read book Emergencies Around Childbirth written by Maureen Boyle and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to enhance the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to perform effectively in urgent or emergency situations that can occur in a hospital, at a birth centre or at home, this fully updated third edition provides an accessible resource for all practising midwives. With contributions from highly experienced midwives, this practical handbook incorporates an all-new chapter on serious infections and continues to provide key, up-to-date information on high-risk medical and obstetric situations. It also covers relevant information on litigation and the conclusions arising from the reports from the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths. Emergencies Around Childbirth is essential reading for practising and trainee midwives, and those who teach them.
Download or read book Maternal and Newborn Care written by Joanita De Kock and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The midwife's role is examined in the community and family-health context in this handbook on effective maternal and newborn care for midwives and other healthcare providers. The skills, competencies, and knowledge required to make informed decisions about neo- and postnatal care are covered, including anatomy and the physiology of reproduction, high-risk pregnancies, and labor and birth. Theoretical and practical issues illuminate a midwife's role in the prevention of illness in mothers and babies, with attention to the unique challenges of midwifery in developing nations. Insights from current research studies and critical questions about midwife practice will help those new to health care understand the unique challenges of this form of health-service delivery.
Download or read book Primary Care of Women written by Barbara Hackley and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2007 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents primary care information for the nurse-midwifery scope of practice, including management of primary care problems in essentially healthy women, and the management/coordination of primary care for pregnant women with significant, established medical conditions. The text covers prevention, including lifestyle changes and immunizations; screening; management of common health problems appropriate to nurse-midwifery practice; and the presentation and management of common health problems in pregnancy.
Download or read book The Handbook for Midwives Classic Reprint written by Henry Fly Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Handbook for Midwives The Midwife will find in the following pages, described in familiar language, all the information necessary for a thorough understanding of so much of the art of midwifery as belongs to her. Technical words and phrases are added and explained, so that she may be able to understand the orders and remarks of the accoucheur, when his scientific assistance is required. A general anatomical sketch of the human body is given with an exact description of the parts concerned in the business of conception, pregnancy, and delivery. The progress of pregnancy and its signs, the management of natural labour, and of the lying-in state, are minutely detailed. The diseases and accidents peculiar to each condition, the signs and symptoms of unnatural labour, and the treatment, are fully described as far as the midwife requires for her guidance, and for the recognition of impending danger, demanding the attendance of the accoucheur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Medical Disorders in Pregnancy written by S. Elizabeth Robson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the 1st edition: "This book is a must have for any midwife, particularly those working in the community, clinics and in high-risk areas.... This book is an extremely useful reference tool." (MIDIRS Midwifery Digest) "The important facts are laid out concisely, primarily focusing on management, using evidence based guidelines for best midwifery practice." (RCGP Journal) Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives, 2nd edition clearly outlines existing and pre-existing conditions which women can experience during pregnancy. This comprehensive and practical handbook identifies issues for pre-conception care, defines the condition, explores possible complications, outlines recommended treatment and emphasizes specific midwifery care. This fully revised and updated edition of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives builds on the success of the first edition by covering more subjects. It includes physiology, more illustrations and algorithms and its accessible reference-style text enables information to be quickly and easily found. Special Features A practical guide on medical disorders written specifically for midwives Jointly written by medical and midwifery experts in the field Accessible reference style format makes information easy and quick to find Emphasis on inter-professional working
Download or read book A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives written by Stella McKay-Moffat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives is an accessible, portable book offering student midwives everything they need to grasp the key elements of midwifery language, knowledge and skills. The new edition of this useful aide-memoire is divided into two parts. The first includes relevant terms, abbreviations and definitions. The second part is a quick A-Z reference guide to common conditions, procedures, emergency situations, and supporting information, enhanced by visual material to aid comprehension of normality and anomalies. The innovative action flow charts enable rapid access to information that logically guides the reader through procedures in potentially life-threatening situations, in both home and hospital settings. A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives is essential reading for the new non-nurse student midwife, the experienced nurse entering the midwifery profession, and senior student midwives.
