
Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal
Volume 4
- 2nd Edition, Volume 4 - July 3, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 1 0 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 1 4 4 - 7
New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwif… Read more
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New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.
- 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
Midwives – whether qualified or in training
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
- Edition: 2
- Volume: 4
- Published: July 3, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Helen Baston
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