Midwifery Essentials Public Health

Download or read book Midwifery Essentials: Public Health written by Joyce Marshall and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful 'jigsaw' approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful 'scenarios' throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education. - Provides a useful, friendly source of information - Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care - Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures - Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision - Helpful 'jigsaw' approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion - Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures - Chapters designed to be read as a 'standalone' or in succession - Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication

Download or read book Essential Midwifery Practice written by Grace Edwards and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2007-06-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health highlights how public health underpins every midwife's practice by using examples and case histories. It addresses a wide range of public health issues pertinent to every midwife, including: smoking in pregnancy, breastfeeding, sexual health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, perinatal mental health and vulnerable groups, poverty and social exclusion.

Download or read book Health Promotion in Midwifery : Principles and practice written by Jan Bowden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded and updated new edition of Health Promotion in Midwifery, this book explores the principles of health promotion within the practical context of midwifery.

Download or read book Fundamentals of Midwifery written by Louise Lewis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students makes the subject of midwifery accessible, informative and motivating, ensuring that it is an essential text for the aspiring midwife! This resource brings together knowledge from a collection of clinical experts and experienced academics to support your learning and prepare you for the challenges faced in contemporary midwifery healthcare. It presents you with the ‘must-have’ information that you need concerning both the theoretical and practical aspects of what it means to be a midwife. With extensive full colour illustrations throughout, as well as activities and scenarios, this user-friendly textbook will support you throughout your entire education programme. Fundamentals of Midwifery is essential reading for all pre-registration student midwives, as well as newly qualified midwives. KEY FEATURES: • Broad and comprehensive in scope, with chapters on: team working; antenatal care, intrapartum and postnatal care; infant feeding; public health and health promotion; perinatal mental health; complementary therapies; pharmacology and medicines management; and emergencies. • Interactive and student-friendly in approach, with activities throughout. • Brings together professional and clinical topics in one user-friendly book. • Ties in with the latest NMC Standards for pre-registration midwifery education. • Supported by an online resource centre featuring interactive multiple-choice questions, additional scenarios and activities, and links to further reading.

Download or read book Midwifery Essentials: Basics E-Book written by Helen Baston and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful 'jigsaw' approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful 'scenarios' throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education. - Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information - Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care - Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures - Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision - Helpful 'jigsaw' approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion - Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures - Chapters designed to be read as a 'standalone' or in succession - Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication - Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines - Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice - Improved layout aids retention and learning - Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures - Embraces the principles of 'Better Births'

Download or read book Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal E-Book written by Helen Baston and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred postnatal care for mothers and their babies. - The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check - Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period - The features of the normal neonate - The newborn clinical examination - Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section - The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing - Postnatal fertility control - Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby. - The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check - Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period - The features of the normal neonate - The newborn clinical examination - Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section - The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing - Postnatal fertility control - Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.

Download or read book Midwifery and Public Health E-Book written by Padraig O'Luanaigh and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2005-06-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eBook version of this title gives you access to the complete book content electronically*. Evolve eBooks allows you to quickly search the entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Buying other Evolve eBooks titles makes your learning experience even better: all of the eBooks will work together on your electronic "bookshelf", so that you can search across your entire library of Midwifery eBooks. *Please note that this version is the eBook only and does not include the printed textbook. Alternatively, you can buy the Text and Evolve eBooks Package (which gives you the printed book plus the eBook). Please scroll down to our Related Titles section to find this title. An up-to-date discussion of community and public health care in relation to midwifery practice, using real life scenarios in a range of hot topic areas. Explores the role the midwife can play in providing and improving public health Reflects current policy on public health issues Clear focus on practice and implementation of public health initiatives The first book to integrate public health with midwifery