Skills for Midwifery Practice

by Ruth Johnson, Wendy Taylor

This unique book provides the basic nursing skills and core midwifery skills needed by all midwives, it contains essential information, which is not available in as muchdepth in other midwifery texts. Focusing on the childbearing woman and her baby, and presenting the appropriate evidence wherever possible, the book aidsall midwives in their care of the pregnant, labouring and postnatal woman and of the fetus and baby. Comprehensive in content, this titlepresents each skill in a highly accessible and practical style, including an introduction, definition of the subject, description of the relevant physiology, procedure, summary and self-assessment exercises. This much-needed book will enable all midwives to practice with enhanced confidence and competence. Provides the relevant applied physiology Supporting illustrations given where appropriate Learning outcomes and self-assessment exercises identified.

392 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2016

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[RJC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Goid for reference. Some of these topics are aimed at direct entry midwives. Idealised, the proper gold standard way to practice.

[Adele · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a welcome edition to any new student midwives bookshelf. It contains detailed descriptions of 'skills for midwifery practice'. It will be of limited use beyond the first year of the course, but will increase a students confidence when they attempt a new skill or while they work towards achieveing competance in a new skill. It has plenty of references to back up the rationale behind each skill, so is useful with reflective practice.

[Amira Haque · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome couldn't do without it

I think the best midwifery text book. Explains all the important features and why it's so important with research. Excellent read. Top midwifery book I've read so far.