Book 1 Contextual implications for midwifery practice
Chapter 1 The Australian and New Zealand context
Chapter 2 Contemporary Australian and New Zealand midwifery and maternity services
Contemporary Maternity Services in New Zealand
Similarities And Differences in Health Funding: Australia And New Zealand
Perinatal Statistics for Australia And New Zealand
Chapter 3 Human rights in childbirth
Which Human Rights Are Violated in Maternity Care?
Review question: are you bearing witness to these human rights violations?
What Is Risk and How Do We Work With It?
How Does Fear Influence Midwifery and Obstetric Practice?
Chapter 5 Midwifery as primary healthcare
Positioning Primary Healthcare Within the Healthcare System
Midwifery and Primary Healthcare
Australia's National Primary Health Care Strategic Framework (2013)
Chapter 6 Birthplace and birth space
Birth Moves From Home to Hospital
The Return of a Familiar Caregiver
Belief in Birth as a Normal Physiological Process
What Influences Place of Birth Decisions?
Chapter 7 Ways of looking at evidence and measurement
The Randomised Controlled Trial
Implementation Science or Knowledge Translation
Complex Interventions, Healthcare Policy and Realist Review
Chapter 8 Social and environmental determinants of women's health
Society and the Social Determinants of Health
Environmental Determinants of Health
How Do the Social Determinants of Health Influence Outcomes?
Social Cohesion and Social Capital
Chapter 9 Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in Australia
Why the Difference in Health Outcomes?
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Definition of Health
Chapter 10 Midwives and M?ori women
M?ori Midwifery Workforce Development
Chapter 11 Options for women around fertility and reproduction
Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) or Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR)
Methods of Assisted Reproduction
Demographics of Assisted Reproduction
Midwifery Care for Women WHO Have Pregnancies Following ART
Chapter 12 Professional frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
Development of the Midwifery Profession in Australia
Development of the Midwifery Profession in New Zealand
Midwifery Regulation in Australia
Midwifery Regulation in New Zealand
Chapter 13 Legal frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
The Regulation of Midwifery Practice
Complaints and Professional Accountability Processes
Legal Aspects of Obtaining Informed Consent?Informed Choice in Australia And New Zealand
Privacy, Confidentiality and Access to Personal Information
Legislation on Midwifery Practice
Legislation on Drug Administration and Prescribing
Coroner's Court Legislation and Process
Chapter 14 Supporting midwives, supporting each other
Resilience and Sustainability in Midwifery
Midwifery Sustainability?Some Key Principles
Differing Roles and Sustainability?Caseloading Practice
Sustainable Core Hospital Midwifery
Section 4 Practising partnership
Chapter 15 Midwifery partnership
Theoretical Frameworks for Practice
The Origins of Cultural Safety and Midwifery Partnership
Cultural Safety and Midwifery Partnership in Other Contexts
Perspectives on Biculturalism and Midwifery From a Consumer
Chapter 16 Working in collaboration
Partnering Women When Collaboration Occurs
Collaboration in the Context of the Australian Maternity Reforms 2010
The New Zealand Referral Guidelines
The Australian National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral
Chapter 17 Promoting physiological birth
The Midwife as ?Guardian of the Normal?
The Rationale for Promoting Physiological Birth
Reflecting on Midwifery Practice Scenario One
Reflecting on Midwifery Practice Scenario Two
Reflecting on Midwifery Practice Scenario Three
Reflecting on Midwifery Practice Scenario Four
Reflecting on Midwifery Practice Scenario Five
Chapter 18 Overview of reproductive physiology
Female and Male Reproductive Systems
Maternal Changes Associated With Pregnancy
Chapter 19 Nutrition and physical activity foundations for pregnancy, childbirth and lactation
Introduction: Nutrition in Pregnancy
The Use of Diet to Aid in Common Pregnancy Ailments
Nutritional Foundation for Lactation
Physical Activity During Pregnancy
Chapter 20 Screening and assessment
Introduction: Screening Guidelines
The First Step in Effective Screening
Points in Pregnancy for Assessment and to Recommend or Offer Screening
Common Screening Tests Offered to Women During Pregnancy
Screening for Clinical Conditions
Chapter 21 Working with women in pregnancy
Introduction: Antenatal Care?What Is It?
Chapter 22 Applied physiology for labour and birth
Other Maternal Body Systems During Labour
Chapter 23 Supporting women in labour and birth
Developing the Woman?Midwife Relationship
The Continuum of Labour and Birth
First Decision Point in Labour
Second Decision Point in Labour
Third Decision Point in Labour
Ongoing Assessment of Progress in Labour
Labour: Transition Phase to Birth
Fourth Decision Point in Labour
Fifth Decision Point in Labour
Ongoing Care in the First Few Hours
Chapter 24 Working with pain in labour
Historical Perspectives on Pain in Labour
Women's Perspectives on Pain in Labour
Avoiding Assumptions About Women's Experiences of Pain in Labour
Pain in Labour and the Notion of Empowerment
Pain in Labour and the Midwife?Woman Relationship
Chapter 25 Using water for labour and birth
The Role of Water Birth in Supporting Physiological Birth
The First Water Births in New Zealand And Australia
Using Water for Labour and Birth: the Evidence
What Women Say About Water Immersion
Safety and Efficacy of Using Water
Using Water for Labour and Birth: the Practice
Chapter 26 Perineal care and repair
Anatomy and Physiology of the Pelvic Floor
Care of Women With Perineal Trauma in the Postnatal Period
Chapter 27 Overview of physiological changes during the postnatal period
Postpartum Vaginal Blood Loss (Lochia)
Return of Menstruation and Ovulation
Summary of Key Learning Points
Chapter 28 Supporting women becoming mothers
The Midwife and Postnatal Care
Physical Assessment of Maternal Health
Other General Health and Common Issues
Psychosocial Responses to Change
Reviewing and Assessing the Woman's Health Prior to Discharge From Care
Chapter 29 Supporting the newborn
The Transition to Extrauterine Life
Physiological Transition Following Birth
Physical Assessment of the Newborn
Chapter 30 Supporting the breastfeeding mother
Nutritional Properties of Breast Milk
Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding
Initiation of Lactation and Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Assessment and Milk Supply
Management of Breastfeeding Challenges
Chapter 31 Pharmacology and prescribing
Scope of Midwifery Prescribing
Safety of Medicines During Pregnancy and Lactation
Commonly Administered Pharmaceutical Medicines and Conditions Associated With Childbirth
Rules for Writing Prescriptions
Contraceptive Counselling: The Role of the Midwife
Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (Larcs)
Permanent Contraception Methods
Section 2 Collaborative practice
Chapter 33 Women's psychosocial health and wellbeing
Maternal Social and Emotional Health and the Impact on the Infant
Risk and Protective Factors for Poor Maternal Social and Emotional Health
Psychosocial Assessment and Screening in the Perinatal Period
Perinatal Mental Health Issues
Eating Disorders in Pregnancy and After Birth
Drug and Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
Domestic and Family Violence (DFV)
Service System Response to Support Maternal and Infant Social and Emotional Health
Chapter 34 Variations in normal
Chapter 35 Challenges in pregnancy
Introduction: Screening Guidelines
Vomiting in Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Bleeding Occurring in the Second and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy
Maternal Medical Conditions Diagnosed Before and During Pregnancy
Chapter 36 Disturbances in the rhythm of labour
Disturbances in the Rhythm of Labour?Dystocia
Maternal Dehydration, Ketosis and the Progress of Labour
The Effect of Anxiety and Fear on Labour Progress
Ineffective Contraction Patterns
Chapter 37 Interventions in pregnancy, labour and birth
Avoiding Unnecessary Intervention
Chapter 38 Life-threatening emergencies
Maternal Life-Threatening Conditions
Chapter 39 Complications in the postnatal period for the mother
Postpartum Mortality and Morbidity
Early Complications (First Few Days) of the Postnatal Period
Longer-Term Postpartum Complications
Longer-Term Emotional and Psychological Complications
Chapter 40 The compromised neonate
Care of the Baby With a Congenital Abnormality
Care of the Neonate After Resuscitation
Common Conditions That Affect the Newly Born Infant's Airway
Supporting the Mother and Family With a Sick Baby
Chapter 41 Grief and loss during childbearing?the crying times
Hannah's Story?A Love That Never Ends
Natasha's Story?A Fractured Future
Putting It All Together?Understanding the Stages of the Journey
Should We Encourage Parents to Parent A Dying or Dead Child?
How Do Midwives Walk Alongside a Grieving Family?
An Aotearoa-Nz Perspective on Caring After Perinatal Loss
The ?Sorry Business?: Caring for Aboriginal Women