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Antenatal midwifery skills : survival guide / Alison Edwards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Alison, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Nursing & health survival guides.
- Nursing and health survival guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prenatal care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Prenatal care.
- Midwifery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Midwifery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]
- Summary:
- This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy to follow format, is designed as tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to antenatal care and related anatomy and physiology.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION
- Inspection
- Palpation
- Auscultation
- Measurement
- Expected findings
- ANAEMIA
- ANATOMY
- Fetal circulation
- Blood flow
- Female external genitalia
- Uterus
- ANTENATAL APPOINTMENTS
- ANTENATAL SCREENING
- Blood and other tests at booking
- Follow-up blood tests
- Urine
- Ultrasound scans
- Additional screening (optional)
- Routine surveillance
- BENEFITS
- BISHOP'S SCORE FOR INDUCTION OF LABOUR
- BLOOD PRESSURE TAKING
- BLOOD VALUES
- BMI
- Calculating BMI
- BOOKING ADVICE
- BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE
- CALCULATING ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATES
- CHOLESTASIS
- Management
- CTG INTERPRETATION
- CUSTOMISED GROWTH CHARTS
- DIABETES
- Type 1 diabetic women
- Preconception
- Pregnancy
- Booking bloods plus:
- Screening
- Gestational diabetic women
- DRUG ADMINISTRATION
- Drugs and midwives/student midwives
- Midwives' exemptions and pgds
- Safe administration
- Drug abbreviations
- Formulas/drug calculations
- Tablets/solutions
- Intravenous infusions
- 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
- Signs and symptoms
- RECORD KEEPING
- SUBSTANCE MISUSE
- SUPPORT GROUPS
- USEFUL WEBSITES
- VENEPUNCTURE
- Anatomy and physiology
- Aseptic (clean) technique
- Choosing a site
- Equipment needed
- Health and safety
- Potential problems
- Procedure for taking blood
- Blood bottles
- Venous thrombolembolism
- Risk factors
- VULNERABLE GROUPS OF WOMEN
- REFERENCES
- Untitled.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-42434-5
- 0-429-75471-X
- 9780429424342
- OCLC:
- 1222776531
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