Skills for Midwifery Practice

Ruth Johnson, Wendy Taylor

Elsevier Health Sciences, Mar 22, 2010 - Medical - 432 pages

This title is now out of print. A new version with e-book is available under ISBN 9780702044809.

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 examination
• Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs
• Infection control
• Hygiene needs
• Elimination management
• Drug administration
• Intrapartum and other related childbearing skills
• Assessment of the baby
• Infant nutrition
• Phlebotomy and intravenous therapy
• Moving and handling
• Perioperative skills
• Wound management
• Restricted mobility management
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the woman and baby

• An essential midwifery textbook that covers the fundamental practical tasks required of the student
• Clear layout ensures easy access to information
• Highly illustrated to aid understanding
• Designed to improve competency when delivering basic skills

• Expanded chapter on the skills used during the first stage of labour
• Application of national guideline for the management of care
• Postnatal examination
• Discussion of the use of infrared touch/non-touch thermometry techniques
• Specific information on locating pulse sites
• More on SATS monitoring
• Increased information on the skills for the second stage of labour, infant feeding and daily examination of the baby
• Greater reference to infection control protocols and the reduction of hospital-acquired infections.

Contents

• Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs pulse measurement: 35
• Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs blood pressure measurement: 41
• Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs respiration assessment: 55
• Assessment of maternal and neonatal vital signs neurological assessment: 61
• Principles of infection control standard precautions: 67
• Principles of infection control hand hygiene: 73
• Principles of infection control principles of asepsis: 79
• Principles of infection control obtaining swabs: 85
• Principles of hygiene needs for the woman: 89
• Principles of hygiene needs for the baby: 95
• Principles of elimination management micturition and catheterisation: 107
• Principles of elimination management urinalysis: 119
• Principles of elimination management defecation: 125
• Principles of elimination management obtaining urinary and stool specimens: 129
• Principles of drug administration legal aspects pharmacokinetics and anaphylaxis: 135
• Principles of drug administration oral administration: 143
• Principles of drug administration injection technique: 147
• Principles of drug administration administration of medicines per vaginam: 155
• Principles of drug administration administration of medicines per rectum: 159
• Principles of drug administration intravenous drug administration: 163
• Principles of drug administration inhalational analgesia Entonoxreg: 169
• Principles of drug administration epidural analgesia: 173
• Principles of drug administration transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: 183
• Facilitation of related childbearing skills optimal fetal positioning: 187
• Facilitation of related childbearing skills speculum use: 193
• Facilitation of related childbearing skills membrane sweep: 197
• Principles of intrapartum skills firststage issues: 201
• Principles of intrapartum skills secondstage issues: 213
• Principles of intrapartum skills thirdstage issues: 223
• Principles of intrapartum skills examination of the placenta: 235
• Principles of intrapartum skills perineal repair: 241
• Principles of intrapartum skills management of birth at home: 253
• Principles of intrapartum skills management of birth in water: 261
• Assessment of the baby assessment at birth: 267
• Assessment of the baby daily examination: 275
• Assessment of the baby capillary sampling: 281
• Assessment of the baby developmental dysplasia of the hips: 287
• Principles of infant nutrition breastfeeding: 293
• Principles of infant nutrition cup feeding: 299
• Principles of infant nutrition sterilisation of feeding equipment: 303
• Principles of infant nutrition formula feeding: 307
• Principles of infant nutrition nasogastric feeding: 311
• Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy maternal venepuncture: 317
• Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy intravenous cannulation: 321
• Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous therapy intravenous infusion: 327
• Principles of phlebotomy and intravenous infusion blood transfusion: 333
• Principles of moving and handling: 341
• Principles of perioperative skills: 349
• Principles of wound management healing and care: 357
• Principles of restricted mobility management pressure area care: 369
• Principles of restricted mobility management prevention of thromboembolism: 377
• Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation maternal resuscitation: 383
• Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation neonatal resuscitation neonatal resuscitation: 393
• Glossary: 403
• Index: 405

Bibliographic information

• Title: Skills for Midwifery Practice
• Authors: Ruth Johnson, Wendy Taylor
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010
• ISBN: 0702044253, 9780702044250
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Nursing / General; Medical / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health