Midwifery Essentials: Basics - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
Basics is the first title in the Midwifery Essentials series and prepares the reader to understand and master a range of clinical skills safely and with confidence.
The jigsaw model of midwifery care is introduced and explained, providing a framework to explore the application of each of the clinical skills described in subsequent chapters. Central to undertaking each of the skills discussed is the need to communicate effectively with women and their families.
Basics is the first title in the Midwifery Essentials series and prepares the reader to understand and master a range of clinical skills safely and with confidence.
The jigsaw model of midwifery care is introduced and explained, providing a framework to explore the application of each of the clinical skills described in subsequent chapters. Central to undertaking each of the skills discussed is the need to communicate effectively with women and their families.
特長
- Effective communication for each clinical skill
- Principles of infection control and hygiene
- Essential observations of blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Collection of specimens and blood from woman and baby, urinalysis, and venepuncture
- Principles of medicines management and injection technique
- Fundamentals of surgical care.
著者情報
| ISBN Number | 9780702061608 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK.; Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK and Alys Bethan Einion, BSc(Hons), MA, MAPD, DipHE, PGCE, RN, RM, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Maternal and Child Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Format | E-Book |
| Trim | Other |
| Imprint | Churchill Livingstone |
| Page Count | 190 |
| Publication Date | 4 Sep 2009 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |
1. Introduction
2. Communication
3. Hygiene and infection control: the immobile woman
4. Blood pressure measurement
5. Temperature measurement
6. Pulse and respiration
7. Collection of specimens
8. Urinalysis
9. Venepuncture
10. Neonatal blood tests
11. Administration of medicines
12. Administration of injections
13. Surgical care
