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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
PHA00315 Introductory Pharmacology AND MIDW2003 - Optimising Health in Childbearing II AND MIDW2004 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships B
Co-requisites
MWF20003 Optimising Health in Complex Childbearing
Unit aim
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
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | safely calculate and administer adult and neonate medication and IV fluids |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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] |
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 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.