Undergraduate - UnitMID1002 - Making practice connections

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Helen Hall

Synopsis

Students learning will focus on well women's experiences of recognising pregnancy, their response to becoming pregnant, the changes encountered from early pregnancy through to the early weeks after birth, the midwife's roles relating to health assessment, health promotion, primary level health counselling, and working with well women during childbearing.

Outcomes

On completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Apply theoretical knowledge of midwifery to a woman-centred approach to midwifery practice
Describe working with women in childbearing using the theoretical understandings gained in science units.
Demonstrate developing clinical and communication skills necessary to provide women-centred midwifery
Recognise the importance of women's social context in the provision of midwifery services
Demonstrate beginning skills in physical assessment of women and their babies at various stages of pregnancy
Assist women to understand breastfeeding including offering support to establish successful breastfeeding.
Outline the relative merits of different choices in infant nutrition
Document the ongoing relationship with the women they are following through in a way that reflects their own involvement and actions and the rationale for these
Demonstrate midwifery competency based upon the ANMC National Competency Standards for the Midwife.

Assessment

Practice enquiry (written assignment: 2500 - 3000 words): 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%, hurdle
Clinical skills assessment: (Pass/Fail)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Helen Hall

Workload requirements

12 hours per week over 11 weeks

Prerequisites

BMA1901 and NUR1101 or NUR1010

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in course code 3562 or 3953 or 4514