A Midwife's Handbook is designed to provide practicing nurse midwives
and obstetric nurses with quick access to important clinical
information. It is a comprehensive reference that offers brief overviews
of pregnancy, the intrapartum and postpartum periods, as well as
gynecological and medical conditions that impact childbearing.
Complications are described and a brief overview of medical management
is included for giving women anticipatory guidance when they are
referred for physician care. The midwifery management also incorporates
complementary measures such as herbal remedies, reflexology, Chinese
medicine and nutritional strategies.
- Provides nurse midwives quick access to important clinical information
that is detailed, generally has not been memorized, or that discusses
issues which are encountered infrequently enough that a quick review
of the details is helpful when the situation arises.
- Consistent presentation in each chapter begins with a brief definition
of the problem, diagnostic tests and labs, differential diagnosis
where appropriate, and concludes with a decision-making tree to assist
in the decision making process.
- Nurse-midwifery management guidelines are included throughout to
provide the practitioner with important information such as when to
manage independently or when to consult with the physician.
- UNIQUE! Integrates alternative and complementary therapies along with
key medical information specific to midwifery practice to provide
practitioners with complete care alternatives.
