Simkin's Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia
Lisa Hanson, Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta
Language: English
Published by Wiley-Blackwell 2024-02-15, 2024
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- Title
- Simkin's Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia
- Author
- Lisa Hanson, Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell 2024-02-15
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1119754461
- ISBN 13
- 9781119754466
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
Get ready to enhance your expertise in the world of childbirth with Simkin’s Labor Progress Handbook ― a trusted resource tailored for childbirth medical practitioners
This invaluable guide unravels the complexities of labor, equipping you with practical strategies to overcome challenges encountered along the way. Inside this comprehensive book, you’ll discover a wealth of low-technology, evidence-based interventions designed to prevent and manage difficult or prolonged labors. Grounded in research and practical experience, these approaches are tailored by doulas and clinicians to provide optimal care and achieve successful outcomes.
The fifth edition of this prestigious text includes information on:
- Labor dystocia causes and early interventions and strategies promoting normal labor and birth
- Application of fetal heart rate monitoring (intermittent auscultation, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, and wireless telemetry) while promoting movement and labor progress
- The role of oxytocin and labor progress, and ethical considerations in oxytocin administration
- Prolonged prelabor and latent first through fourth stage labor, addressing factors associated with dystocia
- Positions, comfort measures and respectful care
With meticulous referencing and clear, practical instructions throughout, Simkin’s Labor Progress Handbook continues to be a timely and accessible guide for novices and experts alike, including doulas, nurses, midwives, physicians, and students.
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About the Author
Lisa Hanson PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN is Klein Professor and Associate Director of the Marquette University College of Nursing, Midwifery Program, Milwaukee, WI, USA. She practiced as a midwife for 30 years in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Lisa is an active midwifery researcher who has authored numerous scientific articles.
Emily Malloy PhD, CNM is a nurse-midwife in full scope midwifery practice and a midwife researcher who conducts clinical research in Milwaukee, WI, USA. She is a participating faculty at Marquette University College of Nursing, Midwifery program.
Penny Simkin BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA) is a physical therapist who has specialized in childbirth education and labor support since 1968. She estimates she has prepared over 15,000 pregnant people, couples, and siblings for childbirth, and assisted hundreds as a doula. She is author of several books for both parents and professionals.
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