This second Core Topics volume specially refers to labour and delivery. The latest findings and the implications for modern midwifery are considered, along with earlier work. The relationship between critically renewed research studies and good practice remains.

Demonstrates how quantative and qualitative research projects are constructed, and how they are evaluated. This book enables midwives, midwifery students, and other health professionals, to apply research to their own practice. It is intended particularly to students, who have to evaluate research articles.

Suitable for practice placements, this book gives you the clinical information you need.

A dictionary that is suitable for student midwives.

Provides midwives with everything they need for successful practice. This work contains practical guidance on various aspects of the midwife's role. A useful guide enabling midwives to deliver safe and effective care, this handbook is written by practising midwives.

A study guide that includes chapter overviews, key terms, and learning objectives as well as case studies and a range of practice exercises - matching, multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer. It helps readers learn to develop nursing care plans and patient teaching plans.

Providing information on the commonly-prescribed drugs, this book looks at the implications for use on both mother and child. Intended as a supplementary text to The British National Formulary and other pharmacology textbooks, it provides information on mode of action, side effects, contraindications and interactions of all main drug types.

This book provides a practical step-by-step guide for midwives and other practitioners concerned with neonatal examination of the newborn infant. It encourages the reader to view each mother and baby as unique.

Provides step-by-step guidance for assessing and caring for new mothers, newborns, and families. This resource integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, client teaching, communication, and critical thinking all into the overall continuum of nursing care.

Written for midwives, this book provides guidance to the topics of clinical effectiveness and clinical governance. It explains relevant terms in the context of practical midwifery. It describes implementing clinical governance through the practical application of the various components of a quality midwifery service, with relevant examples.

Midwives have faced challenging ethical issues that have clinical and legal implications, but have not always been prepared to deal with them. This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and aims to guide the student and practitioner through dilemmas that commonly occur in clinical practice, and presents the changes in midwifery profession.

Written by two experienced midwives and lecturers, this book is a useful read for both degree and diploma student midwives. Focusing first on the language of midwifery, it then goes on to explore common conditions, procedures, emergency situations, and supporting information.

Designed for shorter pediatric and maternity nursing courses, this book provides students with maternity and pediatric content. Divided into two sections, it covers maternity nursing content, and pediatric nursing content. Its illustrations, photos, and tables help illustrate and clarify the information for the student.

Reviews and analyses the important topics and key professional issues with which midwives must be familiar and the underpinning theory and concepts, on which clinical practice must be built. This book covers aspects of their responsible role, the scope of professional practice, ethical issues, clinical risk management, and quality in midwifery.

Offers students a reference to the information needed in the clinical setting in order to provide competent and sensitive care to childbearing families. This title presents coverage of women's health, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and care of the newborn.

Essential reading for any trainee midwife, Midwifery by Ten Teachers is a comprehensive coursebook covering all aspects of the principles and practices of midwifery.

A practical guide to providing midwifery care while promoting 'women-centred' care and normality. It explores questions such as: Why are women not encouraged to make a birth plan for elective CS? And, why are the needs of the delivering professional so often put before the advantages of upright postures for promoting descent of a second twin?

Examining evidence based practice and research from a midwifery standpoint, this book provides an introduction to the subject and looks at various methods and principles from practical and theoretical perspectives. It is intended for midwives and student midwives participating in Diploma, Advanced Diploma and first level degree programmes.