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Unit of Study MWF30001 - High Acuity Midwifery (2018)

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    Please be advised that this unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated professional experience learning.

Unit description

Develops knowledge about how to care for women and babies with serious disorders or complications during childbearing including women who have experienced pelvic floor trauma. Students learn about genetic and congenital disorders during pregnancy and after birth. They also have placement experiences where they learn how to care for the seriously ill neonate and how to support optimal holistic health for the baby, the woman and her family.

Unit content

  • Complicated multiple pregnancy, birth and postpartum
  • Complicated breech pregnancy and birth
  • Serious maternal conditions during childbearing
  • Introduction to genetic and congenital conditions of the newborn
  • Introduction to serious infections in the newborn
  • Caring for the seriously ill neonate
  • Psychophysiology effects on baby and families
  • Pelvic floor and soft tissues trauma and healing

Availabilities

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

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 critically apply evidenced informed midwifery care to a woman experiencing complexity within her childbearing episode including care for the fetus/neonate
2 apply clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to obstetric emergencies
3 design an evidence-based midwifery resource
4 demonstrate competency in numeracy and medication administration
5 demonstrate competency in numeracy assessment

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

  1. critically apply evidenced informed midwifery care to a woman experiencing complexity within her childbearing episode including care for the fetus/neonate
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. apply clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to obstetric emergencies
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. design an evidence-based midwifery resource
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. demonstrate competency in numeracy and medication administration
    • GA4:
  5. demonstrate competency in numeracy assessment
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

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