Antenatal Midwifery Skills

ISBN-13: 9781138388840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 78 str.

Alison Edwards

Opis

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.　

Spis treści

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