Midwifery Essentials: Emergency Maternity Care,
Edition 1
Volume 6
Publication Date:
28 Sep 2018
Description
New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.
Key Features
- Provides a useful, friendly source of information
- Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
- Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
- Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
- Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
- Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
- Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
- Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
About the author
By Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK. and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK
Book details
ISBN:
9780702071027
Page Count: 192
Retail Price
:
£10.99
Audience
Midwives – whether qualified or in training
A really useful pocket sized guide to maternity emergency care that can be taken into practice and used as a quick resource alongside local guidelines. Discusses the evidence, the communication within the MDT, ethical considerations as well as scenarios to work through.
Great book- really helpful for undergraduate midwives
I will be using this for my course, this book is great for general midwifery emergency practice. I will also encourage student midwives to purchase it to support their learning throughout the programme.
Good clear detail.
Excellent text for a student midwife - must have