Becoming a Midwife

2020-12-01 Business & Economics

Author : Sandi Doughton
Release : 2020-12-01
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 441/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Becoming a Midwife by : Sandi Doughton

Download or read book Becoming a Midwife written by Sandi Doughton. This book was released on 2020-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing guide to a career as a midwife written by award-winning health reporter Sandi Doughton and based on the real-life experiences of the chief of the midwifery practice group at the University of Washington—required reading for anyone pursuing a path to this life-changing profession. Becoming a Midwife takes you behind the scenes to find out what it’s really like, and what it really takes, to become a midwife. Midwives are medical professionals who provide care for childbearing women on their birthing journey. It is a growing career that combines compassion and emotional intelligence with nursing and healthcare. Expert midwife Mary Lou Kopas, MN, CNM, specializes in healthy pregnancy and birth. As a veteran of the field, she has helped countless women on the path to labor by delivering their babies and following up with breastfeeding support, newborn care, and insight into the many psycho-social challenges women face in the transition to motherhood. Gain professional wisdom as acclaimed health reporter Sandi Doughton shadows Kopas at work, telling the story of her professional path. Learn the ins and outs of this dynamic job, helping soon-to-be mothers bring new life into the world.

The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife

2014-01-28 Medical

Author : Ian Peate
Release : 2014-01-28
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 939/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Student's Guide to Becoming a Midwife written by Ian Peate. This book was released on 2014-01-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is essential reading for all student midwives. Now updated to include the latest 2012 NMC Midwifery Rules and Standards and a brand new chapter on the midwife and public health, this comprehensive resource provides a wide range of need-to-know information for student midwives, including: Effective communication and documentation Confidentiality Interdisciplinary working The fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care Assessment and examination of the new-born baby Medicines Public health Clinical decision-making Evidence-based practice With case studies, words of wisdom from current midwives and a range of activities and self-test questions throughout – making it easy to learn and understand key concepts – The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife is the ideal companion for students throughout their course.

Becoming a Midwife

2014-05-09 Medical

Author : Rosemary Mander
Release : 2014-05-09
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 602/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Becoming a Midwife written by Rosemary Mander. This book was released on 2014-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the reality of being a midwife in the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society? This new edition of the popular text, Becoming a Midwife, explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the factors that make midwifery such a special profession, as well as some of the challenges. The fully updated chapters cover a variety of settings and several different stages in a woman’s pregnancy, including stories from midwives working in hospitals and in the community, as managers, supervisors and educators, and as men, women, mothers and birth activists. All chapters are narrated by contributors who introduce their own theme, recount a vignette that throws light on their understandings of midwifery and reasons for becoming (or not becoming) a midwife and any subsequent career moves. Backed up by commentaries and drawing together these insights, the editors show what it means to be a midwife today. Suitable for those contemplating a career in midwifery and providing an opportunity for reflection for more experienced midwives, this thought-provoking book is an invaluable contribution to midwifery.

Becoming a Midwife in the 21st Century

2013-03-19 Medical

Author : Ian Peate
Release : 2013-03-19
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 990/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Becoming a Midwife in the 21st Century written by Ian Peate. This book was released on 2013-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NMC have produced standards of proficiency for pre registration midwifery education and those standards have been written in an “academic” language, for higher education institutions. Each student prior to being admitted to the profession must have achieved the proficiencies stated in the NMC publication. The purpose of this book is to provide students with material related to the standards of midwifery education. The students will be able to use the contents of this text and relate it to their own approved programme of midwifery study, as their programme of study would have had to comply with NMC’s requirements. It will help student midwives appreciate how their own programmes have been designed, and why they are required to study and understand some of the subjects they are, or will be studying.

Becoming a Midwife

1987 Medical

Author : Carolyn Steiger
Release : 1987
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 907/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Becoming a Midwife written by Carolyn Steiger. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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