Anita M. Jones
Published: 2018-08-08
Total Pages: 152
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Excerpt from Manual for Teaching Midwives This manual was prepared by Anita M. Jones, R. N nurse-midwife, assistant director of the Maternity Center Association, New York City, for the use of nurse-midwives and others responsible for the supervision and instruction of untrained midwives under the auspices of State and local health departments, to teach them: (1) to use aseptic techniques; (2) never to interfere with the delivery of the baby; (3) to call the doctor at the first sign of danger. As the number of women being delivered by untrained midwives, though considerable, is reported to be steadily decreasing, this plan of instruction for midwives is directed only toward meeting the acute need for improving the standards of the untrained midwives now practicing until they can be replaced by nurse-midwives or physicians. Thus it may have a place in improving the maternity care offered in a transition period, while efforts continue toward putting into practice throughout the United States a standard of maternity care that calls for skilled medical and nursing services for every mother, or at least the services of the nurse-midwife in localities for which it is not practicable to provide skilled medical services. It is hoped that this manual will assist the nurse-midwife in the technical teaching and supervision which she gives to the practicing mid wives who have not had special training and preparation. It is not in any way a textbook on midwifery, nor can the classes for midwives that are based on it be considered as courses in midwifery. It is written simply, with frequent use of colloquial terms, so that the nurse-midwife will be able to present her instructions in language that the midwife will understand - the midwife who is without training and without formal education, who often can neither read nor write. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
