Product Description

This book provides a practical step-by-step guide for midwives and other practitioners concerned with neonatal examination of the newborn infant. It encourages the reader to view each mother and baby as unique.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98855 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Back Cover
Doctors and midwives carry out examination of all newborn infants within twenty-four to forty-eight hours of life. The purpose of the examination is to exclude major congenital abnormalities and reasure the parents that their baby is healthy. Examination of the Newborn provides a practical step-by-step guide for midwives and other practitioners undertaking this role. It also encourages the reader to view each mother and baby as unique, taking into account their experiences preconceptually, antenatally and through childbirth. Examination of the Newborn covers:
*normal fetal development
*parents concerns and how to respond to them
*the impact of antenatal diagnostic screening
*the events of labour and delivery
*the clinical examination of the neonate
*the identification and management of congenital abnormalities
*accountability and legal issues
The text is designed so that each chapter can be read independently and contains useful summaries, scenarios and appendices. Examination of the Newborn provides midwives and other practioners conerned with neonatal examination with a comprehensive guide to the holistic examination of the newborn infant.
Helen Baston is a Midwifery Lecturer and Researcher at the Mother and Infant Research Unit, University of Leeds. Heather Durward is Staff Paediatrician at the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic, informative, cant put it down!!
I will be a student midwife as of June 2004. This book is fantastic. I was expecting a basic guide to examinaing the newborn and not much more in this book, however i have been pleasantly surprised. It includes chapters such as parents concerns and how to respond to them, legal issues, normal fetal development and many more. I have found this book very informative and easy to understand. It is broken down into chapters and small sections within the chapters. I cant put this book down, i feel i have learnt so much from it! I definately recommend this book, well worth the money.