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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.
Auteur
Stella McKay-Moffat is Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Women's Health, Edge Hill University, UK.
Pam Lee is Associate Lecturer in Midwifery and Women's Health, Edge Hill University, UK.
Texte du rabat
'[A] clear, concise and well-presented guideuseful references throughoutessential for the student to gain further insight.'
Nursing Standard
A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives, Second Edition, 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 structured in 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, within both home and hospital settings.
A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives, Second Edition, is essential reading for the new non-nurse student midwife, the experienced nurse entering the midwifery profession, and senior student midwives alike.
Résumé
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.
Contenu
About the Authors xiii
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
Section 1 The language of midwifery 1
Section 2 Quick reference topics 27
Abdominal palpation 27
Active management of labour 28
Administration of drugs 29
Admission in labour 32
Adoption 33
Amniocentesis 36
Amniotic Fluid Embolus (AFE) 37
Anaemia 39
Antenatal screening 40
Antepartum haemorrhage 42
Arterial blood pressure recording 45
Artificial feeds bottle feeding 46
Artificial rupture of membranes (ARM) 47
Aseptic technique 48
Augmentation/acceleration of labour 49
Basic life support (BLS) adult 52
Birth asphyxia 53
Bladder care in labour 55
Blood glucose monitoring (neonatal) 55
Blood pressure measuring 55
Bowel care in labour 56
Breast expression of milk 57
Breastfeeding 58
Breastfeeding Initiative (BFI) 63
Breech 63
Brow presentation 69
Caesarean section 69
Cardiotocography (CTG) 73
Carpal tunnel syndrome 77
Catheterisation 77
Cephalo-pelvic disproportion (CPD) 78
Changing Childbirth 80
Child protection 81
The Children Act, 1989 81
Cholestasis 82
Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) 83
Clapa 84
Clasp trial 84
Cleft lip and palate 85
Clinical governance 86
Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) 86
Community Health Councils (CHCs) 86
Complementary therapies 86
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) 89
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) 89
Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI) 90
Congenital dislocation of hips 90
CONI (care of next infant) 91
Contraception advice 91
Convulsions 95
Cord prolapse/presentation 95
Cramp 96
Crying baby 98
Cultural aspects related to childbirth 99
Cup feeding 104
Cystic fibrosis 104
Cystitis 105
Deep vein thrombosis 106
Delivery technique 107
Diabetes mellitus 117
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (coagulopathy) (DIC) 125
Down's syndrome 126
Drug-addicted mother and neonate 128
Eclampsia 128
Embolism 129
Epigastric pain 132
Epilepsy 132
Epilepsy and pregnancy 134
Episiotomy 134
Erb's palsy (paralysis) 136
Exchange transfusion 136
Face presentation 139
Fainting 140
Fetal distress 140
Fitting 143
Forceps delivery 143
Frequency of micturition 143
Fundal height estimation (antenatal) 144
Fundal height estimation (postnatal) 145
Haemoglobinopathies 145
Haemorrhagic disease (Vitamin-K-deficient bleeding VKDB) 152
Haemorrhoids 154
Headaches 155
Heartburn 155
Heel prick peripheral blood sampling 156
High vaginal swab (HVS)/speculum examination 159
History taking 160
HOOP (Hands On Or Poised) Study 161
Hyperemesis gravidarum 162
Hypoglycaemia neonatal 162
Hypothermia neonatal 163
Hypothyroidism 164
Identification of newborn at birth 164
Incontinence 165
Induction of labour alternative and 'natural' 166
Induction of labour medical: uncomplicated pregnancy 166
Induction of labour IUD 169
Infection maternal 169
Infection neonatal 172
Initial newborn examination 175
Insomnia 177 Instrumental delivery Fo...