Myles Textbook for Midwives

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Midwife Teacher, University of Nottingham, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Academic Division of Midwifery, Nottingham, UK Chapter 5 Hormonal cycles: fertilization and early development Chapter 6 The placenta Chapter 7 The fetus

Jenny Hassall, BSc(Hons) MSc MPhil RN RM School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK Chapter 9 Change and adaptation in pregnancy Kathleen O’Reilly, MB ChB MA MRCPCH Consultant Neonatologist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK Chapter 32 Congenital malformations INTERNATIONALIZATION/ GLOBALIZATION Globalization and internationalization against the background of midwifery practice are difficult terms to define, compounded by the fact that the terms are often used interchangeably and synonymously, even though they are construed as distinctly separate entities. Globalization is not a new phenomenon (Baumann and Blythe 2008) with a number of varying definitions evident in the literature. The definition with the greatest resonance for midwives is that provided by the World Health Organization (2013), who states that globalization is: Recognizing the healthy baby at term through examination of the newborn screening................................. 591Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Croydon University Hospital, Croydon, UK Chapter 3 The female pelvis and the reproductive organs Chapter 15 Care of the perineum, repair and female genital mutilation

Includes employer-led models of supervision, vital elements of leadership and clinical governance that supports the provision of high quality maternity services and standards of midwifery practice. Richard Hayman, BSc MB BS DFFP DM FRCOG Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, Gloucester, UK Chapter 21 Operative births care. However, for a multiplicity of reasons, only a minority of students undertake the ERASMUS exchange. Julie Wray, ONC MSc PhD PGCHE ADM RM RN Joint Editor, The Practising Midwife Journal; Senior Lecturer, User and Carer Lead, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Salford, Salford, UK Chapter 23 Physiology and care during the puerperium Chapter 24 Physical health problems and complications in the puerperiumexplore the midwife in context, taking a number of influential social and global issues into consideration; the key factors are – CHAPTER CONTENTS Internationalization/globalization Definition and scope of the midwife The ICM Global Midwifery Education Standards The ERASMUS Programme The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) The emotional context of midwifery What is ‘emotion work’? Sources of emotion work in midwifery practice Managing emotions in midwifery Challenges Developing emotional awareness The social context of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood Disadvantaged groups Women from disadvantaged groups Midwives meeting the needs of women from disadvantaged groups Research Evidence The stated rationale for evidence-based practice (EBP) The randomized controlled trial (RCT) Discussion References Further reading Useful websites The midwife in contemporary midwifery practice 3 2 Professional issues concerning the midwife and midwifery practice 25 Guidance to support the trend for midwives to undertake the neonatal physical examination of the healthy term infant