'[A] clear, concise and well-presented guide...useful references throughout...essential for the student to gain further insight.'
--Nursing StandardA Pocket Guide for Student Midwives, Second Edition, is an accessible, portable book offering student midwives everything they need to grasp the key elements of midwifery language, knowledge and skills.
The new edition of this useful 'aide memoire' is structured in two parts. The first includes relevant terms, abbreviations and definitions. The second part is a quick A-Z reference guide to common conditions, procedures, emergency situations, and supporting information enhanced by visual material to aid comprehension of normality and anomalies. The innovative action flow charts enable rapid access to information that logically guides the reader through procedures in potentially life-threatening situations, within both home and hospital settings.
A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives, Second Edition, is essential reading for the new non-nurse student midwife, the experienced nurse entering the midwifery profession, and senior student midwives alike.

• A handy portable 'survival guide' for student midwives
• Fully updated to include the latest NMC directives, legislation, and policies
• Includes flow charts, illustrations, and activities