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Informationen zum Autor Patricia Lindsay RN, RM, MSc, PGCEA, DHC Registered Midwife. Carmel Bagness MA, RN, RM, ADM, PGCEA Professional Lead for Midwifery & Women's Health Royal College of Nursing London, UK. Ian Peate OBE FRCN , EN(G), RGN, DipN (Lond), RNT, BEd (Hons), MA (Lond) LLM Editor in Chief British Journal of Nursing Visiting Professor of Nursing St George's University of London and Kingston University London Head of School School of Health Studies Gibraltar. Klappentext Being an effective midwife requires a range of knowledge and skills, all of which are essential to provide competent and safe care to childbearing women and their infants. Midwifery Skills at a Glance offers an invaluable, straightforward guide for students and practitioners - offering readable, easily digestible information, supported with illustrations throughout to enhance application to practice. Clear and concise throughout, Midwifery Skills at a Glance covers a wide range of skills - exploring issues such as infection control, personal hygiene care, and safeguarding; assessment, examination and screening skills; how to care for the woman and neonate with complex needs; drug administration and pain relief. A comprehensive, highly visual guide to the skills essential for safe, effective, and compassionate midwifery practice Written by experts in their field Briefly describes each skill and provides clear illustrations - making it an ideal companion in clinical practice Offers instruction on the safe use of a wide range of essential skills required to deliver safe, evidence-based maternity care Includes service user viewpoints and key points to help consolidate learning and reflect on the experience of receiving care Written with the student midwife in mind, Midwifery Skills at a Glance is equally invaluable for all others providing care, including Maternity Support Workers, mentors, registered midwives and medical students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors viii Foreword xi Preface xii Part 1 The basics of care 1 Chapter 1: Infection control 1 Infection prevention and control 2 2 Hand hygiene 4 3 Infectious diseases in pregnancy 6 4 Modes of transmission 8 5 Asepsis and sepsis 10 Chapter 2: Health and safety at work 6 Moving and handling 12 7 The control of substances hazardous to health 14 8 Safety in the working environment 16 9 Sharps injuries 18 10 Working safely in the community 20 Chapter 3: Personal hygiene care 11 Personal hygiene care for women 22 12 Perineal and vulval hygiene; use of bedpans and commodes 24 13 Pressure area care 26 Chapter 4: Quality and patient safety in maternity care 14 Risk management, liability and avoidable harm 28 15 Types of incident, incident reporting, record keeping and duty of candour 30 16 Audit and quality assurance in maternity care 32 Chapter 5: Safeguarding 17 Safeguarding vulnerable women 34 18 Safeguarding of children: key issues 36 19 Female genital mutilation 38 Part 2 Assessment, examination, screening and care of the woman and baby 41 Chapter 6: Assessment of the woman 20 'Booking': the initial consultation with the midwife 42 21 The antenatal appointment: physical and psychological assessment of the woman in pregnancy 44 22 Abdominal examination in pregnancy 46 23 Physical and emotional assessment after birth 48 Chapter 7: Care of the woman in labour 24 Assessing the woman in labour 50 25 Abdominal examination in labour 52 26 Vaginal examinations in labour 54 27 Positions in labour and birth 56 28 Supporting and car...
