The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife

The Student s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is essential reading for all student midwives. Now updated to include the latest 2012 NMC Midwifery Rules and Standards and a brand new chapter on the midwife and public health, this comprehensive resource provides a wide range of need-to-know information for student midwives, including: Effective communication and documentation Confidentiality Interdisciplinary working The fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care Assessment and examination of the new-born baby Medicines Public health Clinical decision-making Evidence-based practice With case studies, words of wisdom from current midwives and a range of activities and self-test questions throughout making it easy to learn and understand key concepts The Student s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is the ideal companion for students throughout their course.

The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife isessential reading for all student midwives.Now updated to include the latest 2012 NMC Midwifery Rules andStandards and a brand new chapter on the midwife and public healththis comprehensive resource provides a wide range of need-to-knowinformation for student midwives, including:* Effective communication and documentation* Confidentiality* Interdisciplinary working* The fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatalcare* Assessment and examination of the new-born baby* Medicines* Public health* Clinical decision-making* Evidence-based practiceWith case studies, words of wisdom from current midwives and arange of activities and self-test questions throughoutmaking it easy to learn and understand key concepts - TheStudent's Guide to Becoming a Midwife is the idealcompanion for students throughout their course.

contributors ivPreface to the Second Edition viiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11 Effective Communication 82 Effective Documentation 263 Confidentiality 414 The Aims of Antenatal Care 575 Programmes of Care During Childbirth 726 Interprofessional Working: Seamless Working within Maternity Care 887 Intrapartum Care 1028 Effective Emergency Care 1319 Initial Assessment and Examination of the Newborn Baby 15610 Effective Postnatal Care 17211 Medication and the Midwife 19812 The Midwife and Public Health 21413 Regulating the Midwifery Profession 23014 The Impact of Cultural Issues on the Practice of Midwifery 24915 Legislation and the Midwife 26116 Decision Making 27717 Health, Safety and Environmental Issues 29318 Evidence-Based Practice 31219 Statutory Supervision of Midwives 32920 Clinical Governance:A Framework for Improving Quality in Maternity Care 345Answers to Quiz Questions 365Glossary 374Index 381