ISBN:
9780702071430
Copyright:
2017
Publication Date:
09-11-2017
Page Count:
200
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$12.99
Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 2nd Edition
by Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card
ISBN:
9780702071430
Copyright:
2017
Publication Date:
09-11-2017
Page Count:
200
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$12.99
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- Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
- Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
- Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
- Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
- Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
- Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
- Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
- Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
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- Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines
- Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice
- Improved layout aids retention and learning
- Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures
- Embraces the principles of ‘Better Births’
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Postnatal care: principles and practice
Chapter 3 Care of the baby at birth
Chapter 4 Examination of the newborn
Chapter 5 Hospital postnatal care
Chapter 6 Postoperative care following a caesarean
Chapter 7 Postnatal care in the community
Chapter 8 Emotional well-being following birth
Chapter 9 Formula feeding
Chapter 10 Supporting the mother to feed her baby