Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal: Volume 4, 2e - Softcover

Baston BA(Hons) MMedSci PhD PGDipEd ADM RN RM, Helen; Hall EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0702071005 ISBN 13: 9780702071003

Publisher: Elsevier, 2017

Synopsis

The second edition of the popular Midwifery Essentials series continues to help readers understand and master a range of core issues safely and with confidence!

Written by leading midwifery academics, each book in the series provides a user-friendly source of information which has been fully updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-base for current practice. Now with an improved design to make learning as easy as possible, each paperback in the series focuses on the importance of communication and contemporary women-centred care and presents helpful 'scenarios' to encourage debate and reflection.

The Midwifery Essentials series is ideal for all midwives - whether qualified or in training - and is also helpful to nurses and HCAs working in the maternity environment.

• 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'

About this title

About the Author:

EdD RM ADM MSc (Reproduction & Health) PGDip(HE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0702071005
• ISBN 13: 9780702071003
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200