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Titolo: | The student's guide to becoming a midwife / / edited by Ian Peate, Cathy Hamilton |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
Disciplina: | 618.20233 |
Soggetto topico: | Midwifery |
Midwives - Standards | |
Maternal health services | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | PeateIan HamiltonCathy |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The unique role and function of the midwife; The midwife's role in public health; Terminology; The Nursing and Midwifery Council and Quality Assurance Agency (Education); Midwives' Rules and Standards; Becoming a competent midwife; Case notes and activities; References; 1 Effective Communication; Introduction; Some common problems in communication; Listening; Guidelines for listening; Listening to what is not being said; Empathy; Conclusion; References |
2 Effective DocumentationIntroduction; The importance of effective documentation; Good record keeping equates with good care; Record keeping: the extent of the current challenges; Outcomes from the case study; Outcomes for Sophie and her baby; NMC panel decision for Midwife B; Enhancing your record keeping skills; Record keeping in action; Conclusion; Quiz; References; 3 Confidentiality; Introduction; Confidentiality: the professional stance; The essential nature of confidentiality for professional practice; Alternative approaches to confidentiality; The ethical stance | |
The legal framework of confidentialityExceptions; Protecting client information; Confidentiality model (Figure 3.1); Protect; Inform; Provide choice; Improve; Conclusion; Quiz; References; 4 The Aims of Antenatal Care; Introduction; The midwife' s role as antenatal caregiver; Antenatal assessment and monitoring; The booking visit; Opening questions; Emotional well-being; Medical and family history; Family history; Subsequent visits; Record keeping; Tests offered at subsequent visits; Assessments at each visit; Palpation; Abdominal palpation and assessment of the fetal heart; Screening | |
Screening testsConclusion; Quiz; References; 5 Programmes of Care During Childbirth; Introduction; Place of birth; Hospital with a central delivery suite; Birth centres; Midwifery caseloading; Homebirth; Independent midwives; Sure Start programmes of care; Parenthood education programmes; NHS classes; Active birth classes; National Childbirth Trust classes; Birth plans; When to call the midwife; Conclusion; Quiz; References; 6 Interprofessional Working: Seamless Working within Maternity Care; Introduction; Working with other professionals; Example; Care pathways | |
Barriers to and opportunities for collaborative workingLanguage; Hierarchy and power; Attitudes to other professions; Communication; Team working: Tuckman and Belbin; Complexity theory: dealing with uncertainty; Conclusion; Quiz; References; 7 Intrapartum Care; Introduction; Definitions of normality; Stages of labour; Promoting spontaneous labour: avoiding induction of labour; 'Sweeping the membranes'; Onset of spontaneous labour; Signs that labour is starting; Onset of uterine contractions; Passage of a Mucous 'show'; Spontaneous rupture of the membranes ('the waters breaking'); Other signs | |
Midwifery care in early labour | |
Sommario/riassunto: | The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife is essential reading for all student midwives. Now updated to include the latest 2012 NMC Midwifery Rules and Standards and a brand new chapter on the midwife and public health, this comprehensive resource provides a wide range of need-to-know information for student midwives, including: Effective communication and documentationConfidentialityInterdisciplinary workingThe fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal careAssessment and examination of the new-born babyMedicin |
Titolo autorizzato: | The student's guide to becoming a midwife |
ISBN: | 1-78684-247-5 |
1-118-41094-7 | |
1-118-41589-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453235703321 |
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