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Encompassing the entire scope of the practice of midwifery, this new edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the full scope of current midwifery practice.
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Varney's Midwifery text.......2007-09-29
Excellent book for nursing and midwifery students. Any midwifery practitioner would do well to always have the latest copy in their reference library.
A must read.......2003-11-21
I have always found Varney to be useful and easy to read, especially in comparison to Speroff or Gabbe. I think that this book was never intended to be the definitive text on home birth. If a midwife's interest lies in homebirth, seek out books that cater to that option. I found the skills sections especially helpful. It isn't Varney's job to unite midwives, her primary job is to educate. You can not teach the spirit of midwife through a book, that's where mentoring comes into play. This is certainly a must have for all practicing midwives, regardless of educational background.
Technically accurate, boring read.......2002-11-06
I am impressed by Varney's vast knowledge of hospital procedures as they relate to midwifery care. However, I found this to be "textbook" as a very boring read. Her information did not really cover the practice outside the hospital setting as thoroughly as would be needed for someone praticing in that setting. Her information would be most appreciated by the CNM and the L&D nurse - a great resource for them.
This is a good reference book, but not the best for homebirt.......2001-06-15
This book is a good reference book, but not the best one for homebirth midwives. Myle's, and Anne' Frye's books I have found to be more applicable in my practice. To the above person that thinks that Circumsision should not be addresses, I could not disagree more. Circumsision is a subject that should be addressed prenatally, and Since midwives are supposed to provide basic Post-partum care to the mother and baby during the first six weeks It is essentual that midwives and parents are educated about the issue antapartum
Not for those looking for Home Birth information!.......2000-05-26
This book does no service to the Home Birth community. If you are looking for information on all facets of birth in a MEDICAL setting, then this book would be for you. Home birth facilitators would never recommend some of the practices in this book. (The Zanelli technique, for instance. Which is when you have a baby that's head has delivered but the shoulders are stuck, and it shows you how to push the baby back inside the womb.Or as already mentioned, Circumcision.) This book would be useful for those birth facilitators that intend to practice exclusively in a hospital setting.
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1998: On a violent, stormy winter night, a home birth goes disastrously wrong. The phone lines are down, the roads slick with ice. The midwife, unable to get her patient to a hospital, works frantically to save both mother and child while her inexperienced assistant and the woman's terrified husband look on. The mother dies but the baby is saved thanks to an emergency C-section. And then the nightmare begins: the assistant suggests that maybe the woman wasn't really dead when the midwife operated:
Did she perform at least eight or nine cycles as my mother said, or four or five as Asa recalled? That is the sort of detail that was disputable. But at some point within minutes of what my mother believed had been a stroke, after my mother concluded the cardiopulmonary resuscitation had failed to generate a pulse or a breath, she screamed for Asa and Anne to find her the sharpest knife in the house.
In Midwives, Chris Bohjalian chronicles the events leading up to the trial of Sibyl Danforth, a respected midwife in the small Vermont town of Reddington, on charges of manslaughter. It quickly becomes evident, however, that Sibyl is not the only one on trial--the prosecuting attorney and the state's medical community are all anxious to use this tragedy as ammunition against midwifery in general; this particular midwife, after all, an ex-hippie who still evokes the best of the flower-power generation, is something of an anachronism in 1981. Through it all, Sibyl, her husband, Rand, and their teenage daughter, Connie, attempt to keep their family intact, but the stress of the trial--and Sibyl's growing closeness to her lawyer--puts pressure on both marriage and family. Bohjalian takes readers through the intricacies of childbirth and the law, and by the end of Sibyl Danforth's trial, it's difficult to decide which was more harrowing--the tragic delivery or its legal aftermath.
Narrated by a now adult Connie, Midwives moves back and forth in time, fitting vital pieces of information about what happened that night like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle into its complicated plot. As Connie looks back on her mother's trial, she is still trying to understand what happened--not on the night of the disaster--but in the months and years that followed. --Margaret Prior
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"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of To Kill A Mockingbird." --People
With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall
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Presumed Innocent, this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted herself to ushering life into the world finds herself charged with responsibility in a patient's tragic death.
The time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Reddington, Vermont, for fifteen years. But one treacherous winter night, in a house isolated by icy roads and failed telephone lines, Sibyl takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She performs an emergency Caesarean section on its mother, who appears to have died in labor. But what if--as Sibyl's assistant later charges--the patient wasn't already dead, and it was Sibyl who inadvertently killed her?
As recounted by Sibyl's precocious fourteen-year-old daughter, Connie, the ensuing trial bears the earmarks of a witch hunt except for the fact that all its participants are acting from the highest motives--and the defendant increasingly appears to be guilty. As Sibyl Danforth faces the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience,
Midwives engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels ever do.
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In the pastoral community of Reddington, Vermont, during the harsh winter of 1981, Sibyl Danforth makes a life-or-death decision based on fifteen years of experience as a respected midwife -- a decision intended to save a child, a decision that will change her life forever.
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What would you have done in Sybil's place?.......2007-07-03
A very entertaining book, speaking of a series of difficult decisions to be taken in a split second and against a further series of negative circumstances surrounding the problematic birth of a baby, delivered by an experienced midwife during a snowy night in rural Vermont. When things deteriorate, Sibyl, the midwife, has to take a crucial decision which will then lead to a lawsuit.
This book certainly makes you think about how everything can go wrong if adverse fate interferes, but not only. It also gives rise to a crucial question regarding the choice between childbirth taking place in the serenity of a home or at a hospital, where everything would be "colder" but most risks could be kept at bay.
With all due respect, I must admit I was really impressed that the author of this book is a male, as everything is recounted with such feminine accuracy. Well done, truly well done. A book to be remembered. I still do and I've read it at least five years ago!
10 years later.......2007-06-09
If you haven't read this book yet and are contemplating it--take the plunge and dive in this book.
I read it nearly ten years ago and still felt compelled to throw my hat in the ring in favor of this book.
It was an easy read and before you know it you're hooked and can't stop drinking until you pass out. Then you wake up the next day still hung over from the reading the night before and the only cure is "hair of the dog".
Compelling and tragic at once.......2007-05-26
This is one of the better books I've read. It's a shocking story of a midwife who is forced to make a hard decision, which later is questioned -and how it impacts the lives of those around her. I found the book to be very well written, and told at a great pace, with a lot of facts, and a lot of story to balance the perfect novel. I recommended this to my sister.....as soon as she was no longer pregnant.
There is a lot of medical-speak in this novel- part of what makes it more realistic, deep and compelling.
Consequences brought to life .......2007-03-05
A thoughtful and provocative look at how a home-birth gone wrong leads to a trial and the effects on a family and community. Connie, as narrator, is straightforward and that works with such an intense story. Sibyl, as mother/mid-wive is compelling, You see why she works at a job that modern society deems unnecessary and you go back-and-forth wondering if she's 'guilty' in the criminal sense. That ambiguity is of the author's strengths. No one is 'wrong' or 'evil' but choices do count and lives are intertwined.
Good 'til the end, then...........2006-12-31
I went into this book with fairly high expectations. Several people had recommended it to me (mostly fellow nurses), giving it glowing reviews. Initially, I was impressed. The author brings lots of depth to his characters. He fleshes them out with lots of history. Normally, I am not a fan of "flashbacks", but they worked well. It is definitely a page-turner, keeping me reading long after I should have taken breaks to do other things. The only problem I had with the book (at first) was the sexual tension between Sybil and her lawyer. (Don't worry, that didn't spoil anything. It is blatantly impending from the beginning.)
So, why did I give this book three stars? Utter disappointment at the end. Throughout the book, Chris Bohjalian builds up Sybil as a responsible, caring midwife. Someone you can trust and have faith in. Capable of making mistakes, certainly, but not of the type she made at the end. The excuse given for her mistake is not worthy of her. In real life, those we trust disappoint us. I realize that. Even heroes in books are not above mistakes. But to expose the mistake in the last few pages then leave it at that was not worthy of an otherwise good book.
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A comprehensive review designed specifically for those preparing to take the Midwifery (ACC) or Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (NCC)certification examinations. 770 pages/607 sample test questions representative of questions found on the examinations. Was developed for both of these specialties because of the many commonalities they share which enhance the delivery of care of women during their lifespan.
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A lot of info in one place...outdated contraceptive information.......2007-04-17
I bought this from the publisher along with the audio tapes because a friend had a good experience using their Acute Care Nurse Practitioner review. The audio tapes are WAY outdated and frustrating (and in CASSETTE format?! I had to go buy a walkman to listen to them)...the instructor on them doesn't know what Plan B is. The purple workbook itself is great in that there is a comprehensive review of the majority of info you need to know in one place and has review questions at the end of each chapter. The bad: It was published in 2004 so 1. The STD tx guidelines are outdated, 2. The contraceptive information is outdated: they have info on Lunelle & Norplant, but no Plan B and nothing about the black box info on Orthoevra, and 3. The HRT guidelines are outdated. The ACNM's 2007 review book isn't out until next month so I'm glad I have this to study for my comp exams but my guess is I'll probably supplement my study materials for the boards with the ACNM book as I'm nervous I may be getting misinformation from this book in areas I'm not even aware of.
Midwifery Certification exam study guide.......2006-12-15
This book was a big help in studying for the certification exam. The style of the questions and just the repetitive nature of the questions helped a lot. I passed on the first attempt.
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The newest procedures. The latest information. The complete rundown on modern pregnancy and childbirth...for women who want the facts.
Every intelligent, informed woman is used to gathering the most complete information she can get before making a decision. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions in her life--how she will give birth--it can be tough to get the complete picture, even from an obstetrician. Surprisingly, much of the latest research goes against common medical opinion. Certified Lamaze instructor and activist Henci Goer brings women the carefully researched facts they'll want to have. Based on the latest medical studies and literature, The Thinking Woman's Guide To A Better Birth offers clear, concise information on tests, procedures and treatments--and gives advice about:* cesareans * ultrasound * gestational diabetes * breech babies * inducing labor * IVs * electronic fetal monitoring * ruptured membranes * epidurals * episiotomies * vaginal birth after a cesarean * midwives and obstetricians * alternative birthing methods * choosing a birth location * drugs and delivery * elective induction * professional labor support * and much more
* Author is a certified Lamaze instructor and doula who counsels women on their childbirth experiences
* Author belongs to the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
* Drawn upon the most up-to-date medical literature and studies
* Written in an accessible, understandable style, explaining technical medical terms
* Gives advice to women who were dissatisfied with their first birth experience
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Good for research information.......2007-10-01
Like many other reviewers said this book is biased. The author gives this disclaimer at the beginning and how her purpose for the book is in hoping to revert her readers to her opinions and beliefs. I found it good for offering up research statistics and pros and cons of all interventions during childbirth. It's good to read and read other things and then decide what choices are right for you.
A little over the top, but good info.......2007-09-28
This book provides the other side of the story as it relates to common birth practices in hospitals today. Definitely good information, but you can't take everything at face value. The author takes an emotional (angry) tone, and that emotion seems to have clouded some of her ability to be objective about the facts. Read it, and make up your own mind.
Ought to be on every pregnant woman's reading list early.......2007-09-19
I recommend this to everyone I know who is pregnant - whether or not it's their first child. Women have a right to know what technology can and can not do in order to make "informed choices" about their birthing expectations and experience. (This is the "everywoman's" conterpart to Ms. Goer's more practitioner-oriented *Obstetrical Myths vs. Research Realities,* for any more "tech-y" or medically literate readers.)
Not an "All Approaches to Birth are Equal" Book.......2007-08-12
You will NOT like this book if you're looking for a book that presents all options as being equal. You will not read, "When it comes to giving birth, you could do "A." That's a great choice. Or you could do "B," which is just as good. And then there's "C", and if you choose to give birth that way, well that's as good as "A" or "B"." Do not buy this book if you want all your "options" laid out as perfectly equal and beneficial choices for birth. The author clearly states that she is not "neutral" and that she is no more objective than anyone else about what makes for optimal care.
The author clearly states that she believes that "midwifery care is superior to medical management for low- and moderate-risk pregnant women" and that obstetricians are specialists who should only care for women who have high-risk pregnancies. She claims that her book "establishes that the routine or indiscriminate use of medical tests, procedures, drugs and restrictions - the hallmark of obstetric management - does far more harm than good." This claim she backs up with an amazing amount of studies and research.
This book will cause you to think about all the things you thought were "normal" and "necessary" parts of labor and birth. It will make you question why the huge majority of Western women are cared for by obstetricians and deliver in hospitals, when most of them have healthy pregnancies. And if the author accomplishes her goal, it will give you the ability to decide what is right for you.
You WILL like this book if you believe childbirth to be a fundamentally normal and healthy event in a woman's life, not to be treated as a medical procedure that needs to be "managed." You will like this book if you want to learn how to avoid all unnecessary interventions and to start small when intervention becomes necessary.
You don't need to be planning a homebirth with a midwife in order for this book to be beneficial. If you simply want to be empowered to have birth that is individualized to YOU, where your labor and delivery is respected as a personal experience, and where you have the right to make informed decisions about the procedures you and your baby are subjected to, read this book.
If you want to play a more passive role in your birth and have it "managed" for you by a specialist, don't bother with this book.
Not for a woman who wants a medicated birth.......2007-08-08
This book was very much against hospital births and epidurals. I didn't like that the author assumed every woman would want to birth HER WAY. An epidural birth can still be a very wonderful birth experience. I got to enjoy my medicated VBAC because I was not in any pain and I could concentrate on what I was there to do - push out and birth a baby. I know women who have done birthing both ways and they were successful either way you look at it. You can be a THINKING WOMAN and still have a wonderful epidural or hospital birth. Reading this book is fine if you want a home birth or an unmedicated birth.
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Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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Midwife's Tale.......2007-02-25
Interesting diary of a Maine midwife. Not the easiest read but enjoyable.
martha ballard midwife.......2007-02-11
I enjoyed this book. Though it doesnt read like a "story" It has alot of information about the way of life back then besides the midwife part.
The Tale of a Woman in Early American New England.......2007-01-11
Sometimes we get the idea that women really had it quite bad in Colonial and Early American Society. True, they had secondary status in the eyes of the law and the church. If one, however, reads the diary of Martha Ballard, as presented to us by Professor Ulrich, we catch a glimpse of the kind of empowerment some women could have in that time.
Martha Ballard illustrated just how vital a women was to the existence of the American household during her lifetime. Taking away, for a moment, that she had a very successful midwifing practice, women contributed to the general welfare of the family, and even the economy, by their industriousness. Women's household chores, which seem so mundane to everyone today, actually allowed families to sustain themselves quite well. What a woman produced in the home, hopefully in excess, could then be turned around and traded within their community for other items which would provide for the family. Men, on the other hand, typically worked for wage labor and then came home to do what little they could during the rest of the day. Or, men farmed all day and did not have the time nor energy to do what the women of the household did. So, if the women then did not do their portion of their work, the family would be in serious jeopardy of depravation. Also, you will see how instrumental the children of a home were in the survival of the family and also how children were raised and trained for adulthood.
However, when you couple into the mix Martha Ballard's mid-wifing practice, which as you will read was quite successful at its peak, Ballard was someone who could then exercise greater influence within the family because of her increased earning power.
So, this book can provide a great insight into family life in Early American New England. And maybe, you will understand how women were empowered in other ways.
Formidable Foremom.......2006-12-27
We've heard stories of how our great-great-great-grandmothers rose before dawn, plowed the lower forty, baked biscuits and then raised a barn, all before noon. A Midwife's Tale seems to confirm this. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich draws upon a remarkable document, the diary of a New England midwife, Martha Ballard of Hallowell, Maine, who recorded the details of her daily life between 1785 to 1812. Ulrich deconstructs Ballard's laconic entries to reveal the complex routine of a woman who kept a household for seven people, ran a cottage textile workshop, and served as midwife at the birth 816 infants during her 27 years of practice. (There were male physicians in the community, but they rarely intervened in this woman-dominated ritual unless there was a breech or still-birth to be dismembered.) Ballard's ministrations, in fact, went far beyond birthing to the practice of general medicine. She could apply poultices, lance abscesses, expel worms, induce vomiting, stop hemorrhages, bring down a fever, and - all else failing -- gently close the eyes of the dead. In this way, writes Ulrich, the midwife "mediated the mysteries of birth, procreation, illness, and death."
With the help of collateral documents, Ulrich fills out Ballard's entries to give a more complete view of society in a milling village of the early 1800's. She also tracks Ballard's personal fortunes from the height of her prestige into eventual decline. The author takes pains to point out how much of this misfortune was inevitable (the elderly of any era are of necessity pushed from the center to the circumference of society) and how much was due to the hand dealt by fate: Martha had her daughters before her sons; the girls married and moved out, leaving their mother the care of three rather loutish males. The episode underscores how necessary a reliable pool of labor was to the running of any rural household; southern families had their slaves; northern families had their daughters. Historian John Lewis Gaddis calls this book "an exercise in historical paleontology [that] succeeds brilliantly." Winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for history.
Not Just a History Book.......2006-06-23
I have read "A Midwife's Tale" so many times that it has fallen apart. I went on Amazon to see if I could find a hard copy to replace the one I wore to pieces. When I saw the reviews, I decided to put my two cents in. I was also compelled to puchase the video based on this book. The video did an excellent job of translating the book to video and putting a voice to Martha. Although I was intrigued by the concept of a complete diary of a midwife, I was not prepared for the impact it would have on me. As an alternative health care provider, I often use herbs to help patients and have actually assisted in the delivery of 3 babies. I am an older woman that has raised my children and now have grandchildren. Martha's life parallelled mine in so many ways. She had a hard time finding help, her children were less then obedient, particularily her eldest son. Premarital sex was rampant. Her husband seemed to often ignore her. He was perfectly happy in jail while she froze at home while her children neglected her. Her faith in a God carried her so many times. I began to casually start reading chapters whenever I was having a particularily difficult day, thinking to myself, "I wonder what challenge Martha overcame this chapter?" She touched my life in such a tender, loving, healing way even though our lives were seperated by 100's of years. I wonder if she ever thought who would read her diary in the future and what an inspiration she would be? I offer this book as a gift of a wonderful woman's life.
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Created as a companion study guide and learning tool for the third edition of America's first midwifery textbook, Varney's Midwifery Study Question Book will assist students as they prepare for the American College of Nurse-Midwives Certification Council (ACC) exam. For each chapter, comprehensive study outlines help to guide and focus the student in all aspects of midwifery, including primary care, antepartal care, intrapartal care, care of the newborn, and postpartal care.
Customer Reviews:
Varney's Midwifery study guide.......2006-12-15
In studying for the CNM certification exam, I found this book to be extremely confounding. And (in defense of the book) it does state that it is an aid to studying Varney's Midwifery textbook rather than a study prep book for the certification exam. The questions were not based on multiple sources for determining question answers like the purple "Women's Health Nurse Practitioner" Certification Study Guide. The only source for the answers in this book are Varney's Midwifery. So, it wasn't really my best source of study questions for the certification exam.
good review book.......2006-11-10
This is a great book for study questions but I wish it had more of a content review rather than a simple outline
Needs to be updated.......2006-05-31
Although I appreciate the workbook and its focus on reinforcing the information found in Varney's textbook, I feel the workbook is not helpful if you have the fourth edition of Varney's text. I tried to use the workbook as chapter guides to focus on what I was studying in the text and because the workbook is geared to the third edition text, I found all the page and chapter refernces were waaay off. So if I am studying Varney's fourth edition text on, say, breast exams, then the workbook with the same chapter is reviewing drugs used preconception that could harm the embryo. Very frustrating! I hope for a newer edition with each text revised so I can get a better workbook. Otherwise, it is a great idea to have a workbook companion like William's Obstetrics does.
Best Way to get through the textbook.......2002-11-06
I found this guide extremely helpful in getting through Varney's Midwifery textbook. Without it I had a difficult time willing myself to read Varney's.
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Building upon the success of the first edition, this book provides a thorough review of anatomy and physiology applicable to midwifery. This edition ties theory to practice more closely, and updates all research-based information and references for further reading. From first principles to current research, it utilizes case studies for reflection. This comprehensive and well-illustrated textbook is an essential resource for all students of midwifery.
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nurse-midwifery student.......2006-12-11
I found this text to be overpriced for a generally uninformative book. If you have had to take A&P at any point in time in your life you will recall more information than this text can provide. I did not find it useful and wish that I would have simply trusted my old A&P texts. An A&P coloring book or anything would have been more helpful. The text is however nice in the fact that it is directed to mid-level practitioners. Don't waist your money.
Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives.......2001-06-30
I thoroughly enjoyed this informative and innovative book. If you are a student midwife or a current midwife this book is a must have. It covers all the aspects of the anatomy that we need to know to better inform our parents about embryology and how the pregnant body works and sustains itself during pregnancy.
The illustrations are incredibly helpful. If you are a visual person this book is definately for you. The book includes learning outcomes and chapter summaries. There are also many case studies which make you think about how you would respond to a stituation in real life. It also covers reproductive physiology, labor and postpartum.
EXCELLENT BOOK!!!
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The expanded 3rd edition presents a comprehensive and scholarly presentation of the roles and issues related to advanced practice nursing. Specifically, it provides the practical strategies nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, case managers, and nurse anesthetists need in order to improve patient care and legitimize their roles in an ever-changing health care system. In fact, it's the only text available that provides conceptually consistent definitions and complete exploration of advanced practice nursing. And with expanded coverage that further synthesizes concepts and explores new issues, this edition contains the comprehensive coverage necessary to guide advanced practice nurses. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.
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If you are an Advanced Practice Nurse or student - this is THE book.......2007-06-26
What is a CNS? Well, the other advanced practice nurses are fairly easy to understand - but this book says it all. It has been the most used book (okay, well, besides my Rosen's for emergency care) I own. Dr. Hamric is very well respected and known and the respective authors in the book are nationally known and respected. This is THE book and highly recommended for anyone wanting to know about advanced practice nursing, where we came from, the theory behind what we do and why, issues that are facing us and outcomes and more and more. I've used it for EVERY core content class and see myself using it even when I'm practicing. I'm glad that our CNS professor had us purchase this book over any other role book. It really is an excellent resource.
Okay but drags on .......2006-10-12
We are using this book in my grad class. Helpful in understanding the CNS versus NP roles but later on it gets redundant and not very interesting. I know that lots of the information in it will show up on boards so I am keeping it. Just remember to keep a cup of coffee near when you are reading.
advance practice nursing and integrative approach.......2006-03-01
It is a well written text book for those seeking information re: advanced practice in nursing.
Advanced Practice Nursing Education.......2005-09-03
As nursing textbooks go, this one is a keeper. The amount of information in this book is incredible, especially the Internet site information. The only thing preventing it from being a 5 star book is the overall presentation. The writing style is very dry and somewhat redundant. This is a required text for my graduate program so I have to read it but I'm keeping it for future reference.
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Karen Cushman likes to write with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek, and her feisty female characters firmly planted in history. In The Midwife's Apprentice, which earned the 1996 Newbery Medal, this makes a winning combination for children and adult readers alike. Like her award-winning book Catherine, Called Birdy, the story takes place in medieval England. This time our protagonist is Alyce, who rises from the dung heap (literally) of homelessness and namelessness to find a station in life--apprentice to the crotchety, snaggletoothed midwife Jane Sharp. On Alyce's first solo outing as a midwife, she fails to deliver. Instead of facing her ignorance, Alyce chooses to run from failure--never a good choice. Disappointingly, Cushman does not offer any hardships or internal wrestling to warrant Alyce's final epiphanies, and one of the book's climactic insights is when Alyce discovers that lo and behold she is actually pretty! Still, Cushman redeems her writing, as always, with historical accuracy, saucy dialogue, fast-paced action, and plucky, original characters that older readers will eagerly devour. (Ages 12 and older) --Gail Hudson
Book Description
'Like Cushman's 1995 Newbery Honor Book, Catherine, Called Birdy, this novel is about a strong young woman in medieval England who finds her own way home. This is a world, like Chaucer's, that's . . . dangerous, primitive and raucous. From the first page you're caught by the spirit of the homeless, nameless waif, somewhere around 12 years old. She gets the village midwife to take her in, befriends a cat, names herself Alyce, and learns something about delivering babies. When she fails, she runs away, but she picks herself up again and returns to work and independence.' --ALA Booklist (starred review). '. . .A fascinating view of a far distant time.' -- The Horn Book (starred review)
Customer Reviews:
Mid Wife's Apprentice .......2007-10-09
The time period and setting is very interesting. The acting in the audiobook is top knotch with great accents and realism. This exciting story is for adults too and I can see why it won an important award.
You will be entertained and even learn something new. I listened to it on a business trip and really liked the way it was performed. Just a wonderful story of triumph and learning.
The Midwife's Apprentice Review by Markie Ray.......2007-09-10
If you want a book that will make you sit down and make you read it again and again, this is the book for you. The Midwifes Apprentice by Karen Cushmen explains the life of a girl who has no home and becomes a midwife's apprentice. To begin, Brat is homeless and barely alive. She goes from village to village stealing what she needs, but nothing more. After that, the midwife took her in. Brat becomes her apprentice and is paid by being fed and to sleep in a warm place. Lastly brat, now known as Alyce, learns a valuable lesson. She learns never to give up and to try, try, try again. As you can see, The Midwifes Apprentice is a great book and it also teaches many lessons. So read this book to find out what happens to Alyce in this fantastic book!!!
By Markie Ray
Middle Ages Medicine.......2007-06-07
It just seemed like the little girl was in the right place at the right time. She was about twelve or thirteen years old and had never remembered having any sort of family. One night to keep warm, she huddled into a pile of waste and animal dung and slept there. In the morning she was found by the village's midwife, a woman who helped to deliver babies with a combination of herbs and magic. She needed someone to carry supplies and do some of her dirty work, and so she took on the little girl, naming her Beetle.
This story takes place during the Middle Ages, before medicine was as developed as it is today. Much of the midwife's work was mystical instead of scientific. Although the midwife guards her secrets carefully, Beetle finds herself learning just by watching, how to bring a baby into the world. One night after the midwife has given up on a woman and left, Beetle stays behind with her and helps her have a successful birth. Soon another woman recommends Beetle. She finds she can't help this woman, though, and she becomes discouraged and angry at herself. She runs away from the village and finds a new job working at an inn. But will this life at the inn be enough for this little girl who once helped to bring babies into the world?
I liked the little side plots, like the story about the devil walking the town and leading the townsfolk to all sorts of bad things, and the story about Edward. I liked the people at the inn and the way they treated the little girl, especially Magister Reese.
I didn't like the major turnaround in attitude that the midwife had from most of the book to the very end, when she was very complimentary toward Beetle.
A GREAT HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK TO READ!.......2007-04-07
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman is an exciting Middle Age historical fiction book. It is about a homeless 12-13 year old girl with only the name "Brat" found in a dung pile at a village to keep warm. A midwife comes and after coldly saying that only workers get food, Brat eagerly says she'll work for the midwife for food and shelter. Seeing that the child is wise enough to use the heat from the dung pile, the midwife accepts Brat as her apprentice. And from that day on, she was known as the midwife's apprentice. She finds out her midwife's name is Jane and her job is to deliver babies. Although the midwife greedily tries to hide her skills, Brat learns a few of them. She is ignorant at the beginning, and scared of the midwife. She does the usual chores everyday: starting the fire, sweeps the cottage's dirt floor, sprinkles it with water, and other dull chores. She also befriends an orange cat that listened to Brat's complaints and sometimes sympathetically rubbed against Brat's leg. Sometimes, she helped the midwife and gave her supplies while the midwife delivers babies. She even makes a name for herself: Alyce. Alyce gradually gains more confidence and wit inside of herself. One time, she even delivers a baby without the midwife's help. But when Alyce fails at an important task, she runs away, thinking she is stupid to fail at that assignment and wanders away to an inn. She then starts to work there and becomes an inn girl. She tries to work as hard as she can. Alyce finally has the three things she always wanted in her life: "a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world" when working at the inn. She also gains some knowledge, from the help of a man called Magister Reese. She is grateful to work here, because many people are kind to her, unlike Jane Sharp. She overhears a conversation between Jane and Magister Reese. She then thinks about her place in the world, and decides to go back and become the midwife's apprentice again. This book teaches you many lessons, including to never give up and the meaning of survival.
The Midwife's apprentice........2007-03-21
In "The Midwife's apprentice" there is a homeless girl that usually sleeps in a dung heap. She has no name everyone is mean to her and calls her "brat" and/or "dung beetle". She has no family and her only friend is a cat. She starts working for a midwife (a person who helps people with birth). She works for food and shelter. One day she finds one of her friends in a hole with a pregnat cow and helps the boy comfort the cow while it was giving birth. So now she knows a little about about people giving birth. After a while she meets a little boy she calls edward and tells him to go work. So he does. She never saw him for a while. So one day when the midwife was helping another person she helps the millars wife give birth and suceeds. Then she helps another person and fails she thinks now that she is stupid and can't do anything and runs away. She finds a hotel and starts working there for shelter. Awhile later shes goes back to the village to see edward. She figures she should go back to the village and live there so she does. She asks the midwife if she can work for her once more.This all took place in the 1600s.
My Opinion:
My opinion is that the book was okay but it had sort of a bad ending. My favorite character was the main one (Alyce). I would recommend this book to people wanting to now about the Medevil ages. There were some boring parts and bad parts but overall it was good.
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