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ISBN: 9780702064036
Copyright: 2009
Publication Date: 09-04-2009
Page Count: 168
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
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Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM

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ISBN: 9780702064036
Copyright: 2009
Publication Date: 09-04-2009
Page Count: 168
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
List Price: $24.95
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'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.

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    • 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.
  • Postnatal Volume:

    1. Introduction

    2. Postnatal care: principles and practice

    3. Care of the baby at birth

    4. Examination of the newborn

    5. Hospital postnatal care

    6. Post-operative care following a caesarean birth

    7. Postnatal care in the community

    8. Emotional wellbeing following birth

    9. Fertility control advice after birth

    10. Supporting the mother to feed her baby
  • Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK. and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK
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