Skills for Midwifery Practice

This unique book provides the basic nursing skills and core midwifery skills needed by all midwives - essential information not available in such depth in other midwifery texts. Midwifery students who have not previously practiced as nurses will find here the knowledge and clinical skills they need, with a focus on the childbearing woman and her baby throughout all stages of pregnancy and childbirth.

Encompasses a wide range of midwifery and nursing skills

Provides the relevant applied physiology

Evidence based

Supporting illustrations given where appropriate

Professional responsibilities of midwives referred to throughout

Learning outcomes and self-assessment exercises identified.