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This textbook is particularly valuable for midwives and nurses undertaking Examination of the Newborn modules as well as a useful reference work for those already performing this role. It provides midwives and other practitioners involved in neonatal examination with a comprehensive guide to the holistic examination of the newborn infant.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations
Preface to the third edition
Acknowledgements
1 Examination of the newborn: where are we now?
2 In the beginning
3 Fetal development: influential factors
4 Assessment of fetal well-being
5 Risks to the fetus during childbirth
6 Neonatal examination
7 Abnormal findings and congenital abnormalities
8 Accountability and effective care
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Helen Baston, formerly a Consultant Midwife: Public Health at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK, Honorary Lecturer/Researcher at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Heather Durward is Associate Specialist in Paediatrics at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust, UK, and an international instructor teaching on a range of programmes for the UK and European Resuscitation Councils.
Zusammenfassung
This textbook is particularly valuable for midwives and nurses undertaking Examination of the Newborn modules as well as a useful reference work for those already performing this role. It provides midwives and other practitioners involved in neonatal examination with a comprehensive guide to the holistic examination of the newborn infant.
