Phamacology for Midwives: The Evidence Base for Safe Practice

Medication management is a critical aspect of the midwife's role. This leading text offers comprehensive, up-to-date guidance on drugs commonly administered during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period.

Pharmacology for Midwives is centred on practice. In an easy-to-access format it links pharmacology with implications for care, observation, and the monitoring of women and their infants. It also offers checklists, guidelines, points for practice and detailed information about individual drugs.

Updated and significantly expanded to reflect the latest research evidence and developments in practice, the new edition includes chapters on recreational drug use and the immune system, a new section on NSAIDs and recent findings on infant feeding.

This market-leading book assists midwives in their responsibilities for effectively and safely administering and monitoring medication. It is an essential resource for students, practitioners and lecturers of midwifery, and for all professionals caring for women and their infants.

Sue Jordan is Reader in the School of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Wales, UK. She has published widely on medication management and adverse events, in both academic and professional journals. Recently, she has led research exploring the possible associations between drugs administered in labour and breastfeeding.