Maternal Care
Recommended [as part of the PEP programme] by the Department of Health for nurses working in women’s reproductive health — The Primary Health Care Package for South Africa, March 2000
Recommended reading for all Dip Obst(SA) students at The College of Medicine of South Africa.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had some interesting discussions with my colleagues around some of the topics included in the book.” — Dr Thethe Kankolongo, Emmaus Hospital, KwaZulu Natal
Maternal Care addresses all the common and important problems that occur during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the puerperium. It covers the antenatal and postnatal care of healthy women with normal pregnancies, monitoring and managing the progress of labour, specific medical problems during pregnancy, labour and the puerperium, family planning and regionalised perinatal care. Skills workshops teach clinical examination in pregnancy and labour, routine screening tests, use of an antenatal card and partogram, measuring blood pressure, detecting proteinuria and performing and repairing an episiotomy.
Maternal Care is aimed at healthcare workers in level 1 hospitals or clinics.
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Price R250 | Pages 334 | Last updated 25 March 2010 | ISBN 978-1-920218-27-0
I wish to register to do this course online. How do I do this and how do I make the necesary payment apart from using a credit card?
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Sergiul Brown
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I would like to ask the writers what is the reasoning for taking the blood pressure on the right arm. Thank you.