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Unit of Study MIDW2008 - Midwifery Practice in Complex Childbearing (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains professional experience learning/ laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at https://www.scu.edu.au/health/health-placements/. Please note Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

Unit description

Develops students' knowledge and skills to provide care for women and/or babies who require medical or surgical interventions during childbearing. Professional Experience is relevant to caring for women or babies who have complex problems. Students must demonstrate satisfactory progress towards attainment of mandatory practice requirements.

Unit content

  • Medication and IV fluid administration (adult and neonatal)
  • Pain management and anaesthetics
  • Complex assessments and medical interventions
  • Women who may require surgical intervention 
  • Maternity emergencies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Session2
Session2
Gold Coast
Session2
Session2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

safely calculate and administer adult and neonate medication and IV fluids

apply knowledge and skills to provide care for women and/or baby who requires complex assessments and/or interventions in pregnancy, labour or postpartum; including caesarean birth and maternity emergencies

demonstrate evidence of achieving midwifery competency based upon the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA] Standards for Practice and Codes includes progress towards the practice requirements of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council [ANMAC]

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Baston, H & Hall, J, 2017, Midwifery Essentials Labour Volume 3 , 2nd edn, Elsevier, Edinburgh. ISBN: 978-0-7020-7099-0.
  • Johnson, R, Taylor, W, De-Vitry Smith, S & Bayes, S, 2019, Skills for Midwifery Practice, Australian and New Zealand Edition, Elsevier, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-7295-4277-7.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.