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Skills for Midwifery Practice

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ISBN-10: 0702031461

ISBN-13: 9780702031465

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Ruth Johnson, Wendy Taylor

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Do you need to acquire or update your midwifery skills? This highly acclaimed step-by-step guide provides the relevant physiology, available evidence and rationale for each clinical skill. In a highly readable format, 'Skills for Midwifery Practice' offers self-assessment and short summaries, as well as detailed instruction on achieving a range of clinical skills. Tells you everything you need to know about:Abdominal examinationAssessment of maternal and neonatal vital signsInfection controlHygiene needsElimination managementDrug administrationIntrapartum and other related childbearing skillsAssessment of the babyInfant nutritionPhlebotomy and intravenous therapyMoving and…    
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Book details

List price: $75.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 5/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Principles of abdominal examination:during pregnancy and labour 1
Principles of abdominal examination:during the postnatal period 000
Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: temperature measurement
Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: pulse measurement
Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: blood pressure measurement
Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: respiration assessment
Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs: neurological assessment
Principles of infection control: standard precautions
Principles of infection control: hand hygiene
Principles of infection control: principles of asepsis
Principles of infection control: obtaining swabs
Principles of hygiene needs: for the woman
Principles of hygiene needs: for the baby
Principles of elimination management:micturition and catheterisation
Principles of elimination management:urinalysis
Principles of elimination management:defaecation
Principles of elimination management:obtaining urinary and stool specimens
Principles of drug administration: legal aspects, pharmacokinetics and anaphylaxis
Principles of drug administration: oral administration
Principles of drug administration: injection technique
Principles of drug administration: administration of medicines per vaginam
Principles of drug administration: administration of medicines per rectum
Principles of drug administration:intravenous drug administration
Principles of drug administration: inhalational analgesia: Entonox
Principles of drug administration: epidural analgesia
Principles of drug administration: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Facilitation of related childbearing skills: optimal fetal positioning
Facilitation of related childbearing skills: speculum use
Facilitation of related childbearing skills: membrane sweep
Principles of intrapartum skills: first stage issues
Principles of intrapartum skills: second stage issues
Principles of intrapartum skills: third stage issues
Principles of intrapartum skills: examination of the placenta
Principles of intrapartum skills: perineal repair
Principles of intrapartum skills: management of birth at home
Principles of intrapartum skills: management of birth in water
Assessment of the baby: assessment at birth
Assessment of the baby: daily examination
Assessment of the baby: capillary sampling
Assessment of the baby: developmental dysplasia of the hips
Principles of infant nutrition: breastfeeding
Principles of infant nutrition: cup feeding
Principles of infant nutrition: sterilisation of feeding equipment
Principles of infant nutrition: formula feeding
Principles of infant nutrition: nasogastric feeding
Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: maternal venepuncture
Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: intravenous cannulation
Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy: intravenous infusion
Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous infusion: blood transfusion
Principles of moving and handling
Principles of perioperative skills
Principles of wound management: healing and care
Principles of restricted mobility management: pressure area care
Principles of restricted mobility management: prevention of thromboembolism
Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: maternal resuscitation
Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: neonatal resuscitation
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