Mayes' Midwifery Text and Evolve Ebooks Package - Brossura

Henderson, Christine; MacDonald, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0702041394 ISBN 13: 9780702041396

Casa editrice: Bailliere Tindall, 2009

Riassunto

This package provides you with the book plus the eBook - giving you the printed book, plus 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 Nursing eBooks.

This is the new and completely updated edition of a cornerstone midwifery textbook. Thoroughly overhauled to focus on modern clinical realities and with a clear emphasis on the normal, the textbook builds on its reputation for depth of information and breadth of scope, taking the midwifery student with confidence through the first days of study to the first days of qualified practice. New illustrations are added for this edition, to bring it fully up-to-date.

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Contenuti:

PART 1: THE CONTEXT OF CHILDBIRTH
Sociological and Cultural Context
Psychological Context
Grief and Bereavement
Evidence-based Practice
PART 2: SEXUALITY, FERTILITY AND CONCEPTION
Anatomy of Male and Female Reproduction
Female Reproductive Physiology
Sexuality
Fertility and its Control
Infertility and Assisted Conception
Preconception Care
PART 3: PREGNANCY
Fertilisation
Genetics
Implantation and Development of Placenta
Embryonic and Fetal Development
The Fetal Skull
Confirming pregnancy and care of the pregnant woman
Maternal and Fetal Responses to Pregnancy
Antenatal Investigations
Maternal Nutrition
Complementary Therapies in Childbearing
Health Promotion and Education
Education for Parenthood
Physical Preparation before Childbirth
PART 4: LABOUR AND DELIVERY
Place of Birth
Physiological Changes in Labour
Care in the first Stage of Labour
Relief of Pain during Labour
The Pelvic Floor
Care in the Second Stage of Labour
Care in the Third Stage of Labour
PART 5: THE NEWBORN BABY
Physiology and Care
Thermoregulation
Infant Feeding
The Pre-term Neonate
Respiratory and Cardiac Disorders
Congenital Malformation and Conditions
Neonatal Jaundice
Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
Infection
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
PART 6: THE PUERPERIUM
Content and Organisation of Post-natal Care
Morbidity following Childbirth
PART 7: CONDITIONS AND COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBIRTH
Nausea and Vomiting
Bleeding in Pregnancy
Hypertensive Disorders
Medical Disorders of Pregnancy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Abnormalities of the Genital Tract
Multiple Pregnancy
Pre-term labour
Induction of Labour and Post-term Pregnancy
Disordered Uterine Action
Malpositions and Malpresentations
Mental Health Problems
PART 8: OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES
Shouldar Dystocia
Presentation and Prolapse of the Umbilical Cord
Disproportion, Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture
Procedures in Obstetrics
Complications of the Third Stage of Labour
PART 9: HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH
The Changing NHS
Quality in midwifery
Epidemiology
Children Act and Social Services
PART 10: THE MIDWIFE
The History and Development of the Profession
International Perspectives
Statutory Framework for Practice
Ethics and the Midwife
Law and Midwife
Management and Leadership in Midwifery
The Midwife as a Lifelong Learner
Drugs and the Midwife

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• Editore: Bailliere Tindall
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0702041394
• ISBN 13: 9780702041396
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1112