Midwifery at a glance

Summary: Midwifery at a Glance offers an easy-to-read yet comprehensive overview of everything a midwifery student needs to know, from conception to care of the newborn. This practical guide provides coverage of normal pregnancy, maternal and foetal physiology, and pre-existing medical conditions and how these affect pregnancy and birth. It also features vital information on the role of the midwife, evidence-based practice, health promotion education, and perinatal mental health, as well as neonatal care and an overview of emergency situations. Midwifery at a Glance : Contains superb full colour illustrations throughout Is written specifically for midwifery students and includes all the concepts found on the midwifery curriculum Demonstrates links with other relevant multidisciplinary healthcare professionals Midwifery at a Glance is the ideal guide, offering educational support for midwifery students in the application of midwifery knowledge into clinical practice. --Book Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781118874455
ISBN: 1118874455
Physical Description: print
ix, 206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Historical overview of midwifery -- 2. NHS values -- 3. Ethics -- 4. Role of the midwife -- 5. Drug exemptions -- 6. Women's choice and care options -- 7. Breast -- 8. Female reproductive system -- 9. Menstrual cycle -- 10. Maternal pelvis -- 11. Maternal pelvis and fetal skull -- 12. Preconception care -- 13. Follow-up after pregnancy loss -- 14. Maternal physiological adaptation to pregnancy -- 15. Taking a history -- 16. Antenatal investigations and screening -- 17. Preparation for childbirth -- 18. Post-term pregnancy -- 19. Physiology of labour -- 20. Mechanism of normal labour -- 21. Promoting normal labour -- 22. Pain relief -- 23. Water birth -- 24. Augmentation of labour -- 25. Induction of labour -- 26. Nutrition in labour -- 27. Immediate care: 0-6 hours -- 28. On-going care -- 29. Daily maternal examinations -- 30. Physiological changes -- 31. Pelvic floor -- 32. Sepsis -- 33. Contraception -- 34. Lactation -- 35. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy -- 36. Diabetes -- 37. Thromboembolic disease -- 38. Obesity -- 39. thyroid gland and thyroid disorders -- 40. Systemic lupus erythematosus -- 41. Obstetric cholestasis -- 42. Antepartum haemorrhage -- 43. Shoulder dystocia -- 44. Cord presentation and prolapse -- 45. Embolism -- 46. Obstructed labour -- 47. Uterine rupture -- 48. Uterine inversion -- 49. Preterm labour -- 50. Eclampsia -- 51. Disseminating intravascular coagulopathy, shock and high dependency care -- 52. Mal position and malpresentation -- 53. Postpartum haemorrhage -- 54. Multiple pregnancy -- 55. Intrauterine growth restriction -- 56. Intrauterine growth restriction monitoring -- 57. Fetal circulation -- 58. Changes at birth -- 59. Fetal skull -- 60. Immediate care of the newborn -- 61. Normal neonate and care needs -- 62. Infant nutrition -- 63. Neonatal jaundice -- 64. Becoming a parent -- 65. Maternal mental health -- 66. Bereavement care -- 67. Gender-based violence -- 68. Alcohol and drugs -- 69. Trafficking -- 70. Homelessness -- 71. Asylum seekers and refugees -- 72. Teenage mothers -- 73. Disability -- 74. Health promotion education -- 75. Psychological changes -- 76. Antenatal abdominal examination -- 77. Vaginal examination -- 78. Artificial rupture of membranes -- 79. Urinary catheterisation -- 80. Blood pressure and temperature, pulse and respiration: back to basics -- 81. Episiotomy -- 82. Perineal repair -- 83. Feeding support and breast expression -- 84. Blood and blood products -- 85. Maternal resuscitation -- 86. Neonatal resuscitation -- 87. Examination of the newborn -- 88. Newborn bloodspot screening -- 89. Care of women having surgery.