Antenatal midwifery skills : survival guide /: survival guide. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison Edwards.
• Authors: Edwards, Alison, 1966-
• Contents: ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION.Amniotic fluid index, Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation, Measurement, Expected findings. ANAEMIA. ANATOMY.Fetal circulation, Female external genitalia, Uterus. ANTENATAL APPOINTMENTS. ANTENATAL SCREENING, Blood tests at booking, Follow-up blood tests, Urine, Ultrasound scans, Additional screening, Routine surveillance. BENEFITS. BISHOP’S SCORE FOR INDUCTION OF LABOUR. BLOOD PRESSURE TAKING. BLOOD VALUES. BMI. BOOKING ADVICE. BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE. CALCULATING ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATES. CHOLESTASIS. CTG INTERPRETATION. CUSTOMISED GROWTH CHARTS. DIABETES.Type 1 diabetic women, Gestational diabetic women. DRUG ADMINISTRATION.Drugs and midwives/student midwives, Midwives exemptions and PGDS, Safe administration, Drug abbreviations, Formulas. EMERGENCIES, Adult life support for a pregnant woman, Antepartum haemorrhage, Eclampsia. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. FUNCTIONS OF THE PLACENTA. METHODS OF INDUCTION. MINOR DISORDERS. PRE- ECLAMPSIA. RECORD KEEPING. SUBSTANCE MISUSE. SUPPORT GROUPS. USEFUL WEBSITES. VENEPUNCTURE.Procedure for taking blood, Vacutainer blood bottles and tests. VULNERABLE GROUPS OF WOMEN
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 618.24; Prenatal care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Midwifery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429754715; 9780429754722; 9780429754708; 9780429424342
• Related ISBNs: 9781138388833; 9781138388840
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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