Unlock Expertise in Childbirth with Simkins Labor Progress Handbook

Empower Your Practice with Evidence-Based Interventions

As a trusted resource for childbirth medical practitioners, Simkins Labor Progress Handbook equips you with practical strategies to overcome challenges in labor and delivery. This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of labor, providing a wealth of low-technology, evidence-based interventions to prevent and manage difficult or prolonged labors.

Comprehensive Coverage of Labor Progress

The fifth edition of this prestigious text provides invaluable insights into:

• Labor Dystocia Causes and Interventions: Understand the causes of labor dystocia and learn effective strategies to promote normal labor and birth.
• Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Discover the applications of fetal heart rate monitoring, including intermittent auscultation, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, and wireless telemetry, while promoting movement and labor progress.
• Oxytocin Administration and Ethical Considerations: Explore the role of oxytocin in labor progress and the ethical considerations surrounding its administration.
• Prolonged Labor and Dystocia: Learn about the factors associated with dystocia and how to address them in prolonged prelabor and latent first through fourth stage labor.
• Positions, Comfort Measures, and Respectful Care: Understand the importance of positions, comfort measures, and respectful care in promoting a positive birthing experience.

With meticulous referencing and clear, practical instructions throughout, Simkins Labor Progress Handbook is an indispensable resource for doulas, nurses, midwives, physicians, and students seeking to enhance their expertise in childbirth.

Product Details

Published by Wiley, December 4, 2023

Language: English

ISBN: 9781119754466, 9781119754428