By
Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Lead Midwife for Education; Supervisor of Midwives, Mother & Infant Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Jennifer Hall, MSc, ADM, PGDip(HE), RN, RM, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Clinical Editor, The Practising Midwife
Description
Antenatal is the second title in the
Midwifery Essentials
series and looks at the provision of safe
and effective antenatal care, exploring the role of the midwife in the context of professional and national guidance. This book prepares
the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred maternity care.
- Models of care and the range of
professionals involved
- The booking history and involving the woman in decisions
- Optimising
and monitoring maternal health throughout pregnancy
- Blood tests and antenatal screening for fetal abnormality
- Monitoring the growing fetus
- Facilitating women to prepare for birth.
Included in series
Midwifery Essentials
Audience:
student and practising midwives; labour ward personnel; nurses undertaking midwifery training
