Skills for Midwifery Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- Clear and logical – easy to follow and understand for training midwives
- Accurate, up-to-date evidence base that is relevant to contemporary midwifery practice
- Each skill contextualized with background, indications and contraindications to support both clinical practice and study
- Learning objectives and end-of-chapter self-assessment exercises allow readers to monitor their progress
New to this edition
- Latest guidelines and standards
- New information on resuscitation and other emergencies
- Now in full color throughout
- Expanded chapter on the use of standard precautions in light of the global pandemic
- Developed discussion of alternative feeding methods
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Principles of abdominal examination: during pregnancy and labour
2. Principles of abdominal examination: during the postnatal period
3. Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: temperature measurement
4. Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: pulse measurement
5. Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: blood pressure measurement
6. Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: respiration
7. Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: neurological assessment
8. Principles of infection control: standard precautions
9. Principles of infection control: hand hygiene
10. Principles of infection control: principles of asepsis
11. Principles of infection control: obtaining swabs
12. Principles of hygiene needs: for the woman
13. Principles of hygiene needs: for the baby
14. Principles of elimination management: micturition and catheterization
15. Principles of elimination management: urinalysis
16. Principles of elimination management: defaecation
17. Principles of elimination management: obtaining urinary and stool specimens
18. Principles of drug administration: legal aspects, pharmacokinetics and anaphylaxis
19. Principles of drug administration: oral administration
20. Principles of drug administration: injection technique
21. Principles of drug administration: administration of medicines per vaginam
22. Principles of drug administration: administration of medicines per rectum
23. Principles of drug administration: intravenous drug administration
24. Principles of drug administration: inhalational analgesia: Entonox
25. Principles of drug administration: epidural analgesia
26. Principles of drug administration: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
27. Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: optimal fetal positioning
28. Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: Cusco speculum use
29. Facilitation of skills related to childbearing: membrane sweep
30. Principles of intrapartum skills: first-stage issues
31. Principles of intrapartum skills: second-stage issues
32. Principles of intrapartum skills: third-stage issues
33. Principles of intrapartum skills: examination of the placenta
34. Principles of intrapartum skills: perineal repair
35. Principles of intrapartum skills: management of birth at home
36. Principles of intrapartum skills: management of labour and birth in water
37. Assessment of the baby: assessment at birth
38. Assessment of the baby: daily examination
39. Assessment of the baby: capillary sampling
40. Assessment of the baby: developmental dysplasia of the hips
41. Principles of infant nutrition: breastfeeding
42. Principles of infant nutrition: cup feeding
43. Principles of infant nutrition: decontamination of feeding equipment
44. Principles of infant nutrition: formula feeding
45. Principles of infant nutrition: nasogastric feeding
46. Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: maternal venepuncture
47. Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: intravenous cannulation
48. Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: intravenous infusion
49. Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous infusion: blood transfusion
50. Principles of manual handling
51. Principles of perioperative skills
52. Principles of wound management: healing and care
53. Principles of restricted mobility management: pressure area care
54. Principles of restricted mobility management: prevention of venous thromboembolism
55. Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: maternal resuscitation
56. Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: neonatal resuscitation
57. Glossary