Book Details
Orange Code:93882
Paperback:278 pages
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1. Evaluating and Using the Evidence2. The Evidence for Providing the Midwifery Workforce3. Centering Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Model of Prenatal Care4. Therapeutic Presence and Continuous Labor Support: Hallmarks of Nurse-Midwifery5. Home Birth: Evidence and Controversy6. The Birth Center: Innovation in Evidence-Based Midwifery Care7. Evidence-Based Practices to Promote, Support, and Protect Breastfeeding8. Mental Health During Childbearing: The Evidence for the Midwifery Model of Care9. Management of Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes at Term: Using the Evidence10. Tethering in Labor: The Effect of Current Practices on the Normalcy of Labor11. Untethering in Labor: Using the Evidence for Best Practice12. The Limits of Choice: Elective Induction and Cesarean Birth on Maternal Request13. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Emotion and Reason14. The Second Stage of Labor: Using the Evidence to Protect Normal Birth15. Postpartum Hemorrhage: Best Practices in Management
Description:
Awarded second place in the 2013 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child Nursing/Childbirthing category "This book is one of those turning points that will make an enormous difference.Judith P. Rooks, CNM, MS, MPH Author of Midwifery and Childbirth in AmericaThis book provides a well-rounded examination of the issues we face in using evidence to inform our everyday clinical decisions...The authors have gathered current evidence and created practice scenarios to help the reader visualize EBP in action.In a country that has more independent midwives and group practices than hospital based midwives this type of book could possibly become the cornerstone in terms of the standards of midwifery care."--Nursing TimesFrom the Foreword by Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN President, American College of Nurse Midwives Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery Yale University School of NursingNurse-midwives often find themselves in situations where current research-based treatment conflicts with established practices that may be ineffective or even harmful. This text provides a roadmap for nurse-midwives who strive to implement change through evidence-based practice by presenting the most current evidence-based research on the care of childbearing women. It is the only book about evidence-based practice for nurse-midwives that encompasses the most controversial areas of practice. The text incorporates the foundations of midwifery and the midwifery model of care throughout.The book discusses the use of electronic databases in examining evidence and identifying best practices. It considers how the current workforce environment affects the practice of nurse-midwifery, and describes evidence-based practices in the care of childbearing women. Each chapter reviews current literature, describes contemporary practices and explores whether these practices are based on scientific evidence. Case studies enhance the examination of evidence and the identification of best practices.Key Features:- Focuses on scientific evidence as the framework for the practice of nurse-midwifery
- Incorporates the hallmarks of midwifery and the midwifery model of care
- Examines practices that are in conflict with scientific evidence
- Provides guidance for practicing nurse-midwives in implementing best practices based upon scientific evidence
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