Title Communication skills for midwives : challenges in every day practice / Carole England and Ransolina Morgan

Published Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages) Contents Machine generated contents note: Non-verbal communication -- How to use this book -- Scope and aims of the book -- References -- Outline of the book -- 1.Communication challenges in maintaining professional behaviour -- Introduction -- Use of humour -- Chapter aims -- Inappropriate self-disclosure -- The professional midwife -- Being a role model -- Quality written records and care plans -- Legal issues -- Conclusion -- Handover, verbal descriptions, and stereotyping -- Summary of key points -- References -- Oral reporting and pronunciation of clinical words -- Useful websites -- 2.Communication challenges in negotiating with others in multi-professional/disciplinary teams and agencies -- Introduction -- Appraisal -- Chapter aims -- Support -- The culture of the National Health Service in midwifery -- Conclusion -- Summary of key points -- Leadership and management skills -- References -- Team psychology -- Useful websites -- Conflict management -- Glossary Contents note continued: 3.Communication challenges in the student--mentor relationship -- Introduction -- How student and mentor can work together when the student is struggling to pass her assessments -- Chapter aims -- Meeting your mentor on the first clinical placement -- Conclusion -- Providing and receiving constructive feedback -- Summary of key points -- References -- Some suggestions for providing skilled feedback -- Glossary -- The effect of students' ability on the student--mentor relationship -- 4.Communication challenges in working with minority groups -- Introduction -- Chapter aims -- Communicating with women and their families from different cultural backgrounds -- Working with women who are living outside their dominant culture -- Meeting people from different cultures for the first time -- Non-verbal features of communication in various cultures -- Cultural influences on paralinguistic features of language Contents note continued: When English is not understood or spoken by the woman -- Working with women who are culturally different through disability -- Cultural challenges when the woman herself is a healthcare professional -- Conclusion -- Summary of key points -- References -- Useful websites -- Glossary -- 5.Communication challenges in breaking significant news -- Introduction -- Chapter aims -- How does neutral news become significant or bad news? -- The breaking news process -- Special considerations in breaking significant news -- Breaking significant news in different clinical contexts -- Conclusion -- Summary of key points -- References -- 6.Communication challenges associated with loss and bereavement -- Introduction -- Chapter aims -- The loneliness of early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) -- Pregnancy after an early pregnancy loss -- The unpredictable nature of grief and its effects -- The impact of culture on loss -- The skill of absolute listening -- Conclusion Contents note continued: Summary of key points -- References -- Useful websites -- 7.Communication challenges in acute clinical situations -- Introduction -- Chapter aims -- The acute clinical situation that is not an emergency -- The acute clinical situation that is an emergency -- Resuscitation of the baby at birth -- When a poorly managed interaction becomes an acute clinical situation -- How different groups react and respond to acute clinical situations -- Conclusion -- References -- 8.Communication challenges around domestic abuse -- Introduction -- Chapter aims -- Professional response -- The midwife's role in domestic abuse -- Types of abuse -- Recognition of abuse -- Effects of domestic abuse on women -- Why midwives find domestic abuse difficult to handle -- Domestic abuse and children -- Disclosure of abuse -- Possible communication problems -- Conclusion -- Summary of key points -- References -- Further reading -- Useful websites -- Glossary Summary "This new skills book will help trainee and newly qualified midwives to face the various communication challenges they will encounter effectively and with confidence."--Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Communication in nursing. Midwives. Midwifery. Interprofessional relations. Communication. Misinformation. Professional-Family Relations Interprofessional Relations Communication Midwifery midwives. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth. Interprofessional relations Communication Communication in nursing Midwifery Midwives Form Electronic book Author Morgan, Ransolina. ISBN 9780335244003 0335244009 1283539713 9781283539715

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