The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife

<p><i>The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife</i> is essential reading for all student midwives.</p> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li>Effective communication and documentation</li> <li>Confidentiality</li> <li>Interdisciplinary working</li> <li>The fundamentals of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care</li> <li>Assessment and examination of the new-born baby</li> <li>Medicines</li> <li>Public health</li> <li>Clinical decision-making</li> <li>Evidence-based practice</li> </ul> <p>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 – <i>The Student’s Guide to Becoming a Midwife</i> is the ideal companion for students throughout their course.</p>