A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives

by McKay-Moffat, Stella; Lee, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9780470019788
• ISBN10: 0470019786
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-21
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book is written with both degree and diploma student midwives in mind. It is split into two sections, each alphabetical. The first section contains some of the language of midwifery: terms, abbreviations and definitions. The second section contains common conditions, procedures, emergency situations, and supporting information. Each topic includes further factors that involve recognition, prevention, and actions to take in an emergency situation that may be in the form of flow/action charts. The procedures that are included have an overview of the 'how to', (frequently including the preparation needed); and the 'why', supported by research or evidence, and Midwives' rules and standards (NMC 2004b) and The NMC code of professional conduct: standards for conduct, performance and ethics (NMC 2004a). The references used provide useful evidence to support practice. Finally, the supporting information is varied and ranges from details about Government and international initiatives to available support groups and useful websites.

Author Biography

Stella McKay-Moffat and Pam Lee, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Both Stella and Pam are very experienced midwives and midwifery lecturers, having taught a range of learners from pre-registration students to qualified staff.

Table of Contents

About the authors	p. ix
Foreword	p. x
Preface	p. xi
The Language of Midwifery	p. 1
Terms
Abbreviations
Definitions
Quick Reference Topics	p. 20
Conditions
Procedures
Emergency situations
Supporting information
E.g. voluntary organisations
Figures: Flow / action charts
Antepartum haemorrhage	p. 31
Neonatal resuscitation	p. 38
Cord prolapse - presentation at home	p. 70
Cord prolapse - presentation in hospital	p. 71
Apgar score	p. 80
Management of third stage of labour - physiological and active	p. 82
Management of third stage of labour - alternative active management	p. 83
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)	p. 95
Eclampsia	p. 97
Genetic inheritance, e.g. PKU	p. 163
Post-partum haemorrhage - primary	p. 178
Post-partum haemorrhage - secondary	p. 179
Retained placenta - at home	p. 202
Retained placenta - in hospital	p. 203
Shoulder dystocia	p. 208
Uterine inversion	p. 229
Uterine rupture	p. 231
Diagrams
Delivery of occipito-posterior position	p. 84
Delivery of face presentation	p. 86
Normal haemoglobin composition	p. 110
Normal adult haemoglobins	p. 110
Normal fetal haemoglobin	p. 110
Sickle cell haemoglobins	p. 111
Alpha thalassaemia	p. 113
Beta thalassaemia	p. 114
Heel prick sites	p. 118
Placenta types	p. 166
Stations of the head in the pelvis	p. 233
References	p. 237
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