Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast |
Unit description
Promotes the continued development and translation of theory into practice with a focus on women and babies requiring complex antenatal and intrapartum care. It provides theory and skill development as well as specific clinical learning objectives aligned with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Medication Safety, Communicating for Safety, Blood Management and Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration in the context of providing woman-centred care when the woman experiences complexities. This unit is the first of two units comprising a year-long placement unit and builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Midwifery Professional Experience 1.
Unit content
- Midwifery knowledge, skills and scope of practice in safely administering medication and blood products
- Communication, collaboration, and partnership within the maternity unit with the woman and other health professionals to ensure positive health outcomes for women with complex care needs in the antenatal period.
- Communication, collaboration and partnership within the maternity unit with the woman and other health professionals to ensure positive health outcomes for women with complex care needs in the intrapartum period.
- The midwife’s role, responsibility, and accountability for recognition of and response to the deteriorating maternal patient and or fetus/infant
- ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements
- Clinical supervision and debriefing
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 | show intermediate abilities to translate research and theory into practice through written and verbal communication mode |
| 2 | demonstrate intermediate understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice |
| 3 | demonstrate competency in medication safety, blood management, and recognising and responding to acute deterioration, in a simulated environment |
| 4 | demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- show intermediate abilities to translate research and theory into practice through written and verbal communication mode
- demonstrate intermediate understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice
- demonstrate competency in medication safety, blood management, and recognising and responding to acute deterioration, in a simulated environment
- demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements
Prescribed Learning Resources
- De-Vitry Smith, S., & Bayes, S., 2019, Skills for midwifery practice Australian & New Zealand edition, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542777.
- Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L., 2019, Midwifery: preparation for practice, 4th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542678.
- Australian College of Midwives (2014). Midwifery Philosophy & Values. Available from: https://www.midwives.org.au/midwifery-philosophy-values
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2021). The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2nd ed.). Available from: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/national-safety-and-quality-health-service-standards-second-edition
- International Confederation of Midwives (2018). Code of ethics for midwives. Available from: https://www.internationalmidwives.org/assets/files/general-files/2019/10/eng-international-code-of-ethics-for-midwives.pdf
- Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Code of Conduct for Midwives. Available from: https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx
- Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Midwife standards for practice. Available from: https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Laboratory 26 hours (Across the term) |
| Project 12 hours (Across the term) |
| Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term) |
| Placement 206 hours (Across the Term) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Numeracy | SR |
| Reflective writing | SR |
| Placement | SR |
| Teaching method |
| Laboratory 26 hours (Across the term) |
| Project 12 hours (Across the term) |
| Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term) |
| Placement 206 hours (Across the Term) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Numeracy | SR |
| Reflective writing | SR |
| Placement | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.