The Hands–on Guide to Midwifery Placements

The perfect companion for student midwives in clinical settings, packed full of useful and practical information to help guide and enable you to get the best out of your midwifery placements.  This compact, portable text includes what to expect on each type of placement whether it be working in a low or high risk environment from how to prepare for practice, what you can anticipate whilst you re there, the key essential skills to acquire, what pitfalls and problems to be aware of, and how to deal with them if they do arise.  Each chapter contains Top Tips from current or recently qualified midwifery students, as well as real life student experiences and suggestions for further readings.

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

About the Editors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations Used in This Book

Chapter 1: Introduction To Midwifery And The Profession
Sue Way

Chapter 2: Preparation For Practice
Henrietta Otley

Chapter 3: Assessment Of Practice
Margaret Fisher

Chapter 4: Low–risk midwifery placements
Jo Coggins

Chapter 5: High Risk Placements
Margaret Fisher

Chapter 6: Caseloading
Stella Rawnson

Chapter 7: Wider Experiences
Margaret Fisher

Chapter 8: Student Electives
Luisa Cescutti–Butler

Chapter 9: What Next?
Faye Doris