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Advancing skills in midwifery practice / Jayne E. Marshall, Maureen D. Raynor ; foreword by Paul Lewis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Elsevier, C2010.Description: xi, 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780702030062 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.2 22
LOC classification:
  • RG950 .M37 2010
NLM classification:
  • WQ 160
Contents:
The midwife's professional responsibilities in developing competence in new skills -- Complementary therapies in midwifery : a focus on moxibustion for breech presentation -- Ultrasonography in midwifery practice -- Reducing unnecessary caesarean section by external cephalic version -- Peripheral intravenous cannulation -- Midwives undertaking ventouse births -- Forceps-assisted births -- Facilitating vaginal breech birth at term -- Perineal management and repair -- Haemodynamic assessment and monitoring in maternity care -- Physiological examination of the neonate -- Infant massage -- Postnatal physiological examination of the mother -- Working in new ways to advance midwifery skills in practice.
Summary: This text builds on 'Skills for Midwifery Practice' by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, following a similar format already familiar to many midwives.Grounded in safe practice and on contemporary evidence, this book ensures that the health and wellbeing of the mother, baby and family remain at the forefront of care.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The midwife's professional responsibilities in developing competence in new skills -- Complementary therapies in midwifery : a focus on moxibustion for breech presentation -- Ultrasonography in midwifery practice -- Reducing unnecessary caesarean section by external cephalic version -- Peripheral intravenous cannulation -- Midwives undertaking ventouse births -- Forceps-assisted births -- Facilitating vaginal breech birth at term -- Perineal management and repair -- Haemodynamic assessment and monitoring in maternity care -- Physiological examination of the neonate -- Infant massage -- Postnatal physiological examination of the mother -- Working in new ways to advance midwifery skills in practice.

This text builds on 'Skills for Midwifery Practice' by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, following a similar format already familiar to many midwives.Grounded in safe practice and on contemporary evidence, this book ensures that the health and wellbeing of the mother, baby and family remain at the forefront of care.

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