Unit of Study MIDW2002 Optimising Health in Childbearing I (2023)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

MIDW1002 - Primary Health Care Midwifery AND MIDW1001 - Midwifery Foundations AND HBIO1003 - Systemic Anatomy
Co-requisites

MIDW2001 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships A (can be completed before or with this unit)

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

Provides a holistic perspective on the role of the midwife in relation to working with the well woman and her baby across the antenatal period, labour and birth. Students will discuss the psychophysiological responses in the antenatal period, labour and birth.

Unit content

The psychophysiological responses to preconception and conception
The psychophysiological responses to (normal) pregnancy and growing healthy babies
Midwifery care for the well woman and her fetus(es)/baby(ies) during the antenatal period
The psychophysiological responses to labour and birth
Midwifery care for the well woman and her fetus/baby during labour and birth
Medications

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2023

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:

provide evidence-informed midwifery care for the well woman and her fetus/baby across the antenatal period, labour and birth

explain and summarise the psychophysiological responses during the antenatal period, labour and birth

explore the midwife’s role as facilitator to support women in decision-making that optimises health and wellbeing in the antenatal period, labour and birth

demonstrate and apply midwifery knowledge and skills to effectively undertake a basic neonatal resuscitation

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