Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal: Volume 4 (Volume 4) (Midwifery Essentials, Volume 4)

By Jennifer Hall and Helen Baston

'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred postnatal care for mothers and their babies.

The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check

Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period

The features of the normal neonate

The newborn clinical examination

Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section

The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing

Postnatal fertility control

Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby. The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check

Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period

The features of the normal neonate

The newborn clinical examination

Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section

The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing

Postnatal fertility control

Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443103569
• ISBN13: 9780443103568
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 5.0"