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Unit of Study MWF20001 - Optimising Health in Childbearing II (2015)

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Unit description

Develops students' ability to discuss factors affecting maternal and fraternal transition to parenthood. Students attend practice placements and develop the knowledge and skills needed to provide midwifery care to well women and babies including those experiencing common problems in the postnatal period. Students are tested for numeracy skills.

Unit content

Module 1: Midwifery care and the well neonate>
Module 2: Maternal-infant relationships
Module 3: Supporting breastfeeding
Module 4: Postnatal midwifery care
Module 5: Numeracy for drug calculations

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1 N/A
Gold Coast Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 discuss factors affecting maternal and fraternal transition to parenthood and attachment to their babies, utilising theories and evidence
2 demonstrate awareness of the knowledge and skills required to provide midwifery care to well neonates and their parents
3 discuss the knowledge, attitudes and skills to promote the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding and to be able to support women who choose to bottle-feed
4 provide midwifery care to well women including those experiencing common problems in the puerperium including discharge planning, community referrals and contraceptive advice
5 engage in evidence-informed decision-making in relation to immunisation of the newborn and more generally
6 demonstrate competence in numeracy assessment.

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

  1. discuss factors affecting maternal and fraternal transition to parenthood and attachment to their babies, utilising theories and evidence
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  2. demonstrate awareness of the knowledge and skills required to provide midwifery care to well neonates and their parents
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  3. discuss the knowledge, attitudes and skills to promote the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding and to be able to support women who choose to bottle-feed
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  4. provide midwifery care to well women including those experiencing common problems in the puerperium including discharge planning, community referrals and contraceptive advice
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  5. engage in evidence-informed decision-making in relation to immunisation of the newborn and more generally
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  6. demonstrate competence in numeracy assessment.
    • GA1:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.