Midwifery Essentials: Labour: Volume 3 (Volume 3) (Midwifery Essentials, Volume 3)

By Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall, Helen Baston BA(Hons) MMedSci PhD PGDipEd ADM RN RM, et al.

Book Overview

'Labour' is the third title in the Midwifery Essentials series and is about the provision of safe and effective care during labour and birth. This book prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred intrapartum care.

Assessment and the role of the midwife in early labour

The first stage of labour, monitoring maternal and fetal wellbeing

Coping with contractions, without pharmacological pain relief

Advantages and disadvantages of pharmacological analgesia

Indications for induction or augmentation of labour

The second stage of labour and the procedure for episiotomy

The third stage of labour and the impact of different approaches

Different methods of anaesthesia and preparation for caesarean birth

The procedure for evidence-based perineal suturing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443103550
• ISBN13: 9780443103551
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.3" x 4.8"