Unit of Study MIDW3002 High Acuity Midwifery (2023)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

MIDW2006 - Optimising Health in Complex Childbearing AND MIDW2005 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships C AND MIDW2008 - Midwifery Practice in Complex Childbearing AND STAT2001 - Foundations of Evidence for Health Science Practitioners

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 www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements 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

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

Unit content

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

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:

critically apply evidenced-informed midwifery care to a woman experiencing complexity within her childbearing episode including care for the fetus/neonate

apply clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to obstetric emergencies

design an evidence-based midwifery resource with a focus on complex conditions for the woman or baby

demonstrate and apply safe and competent midwifery practice to a woman experiencing complexity within her childbearing episode including care for the fetus/neonate

demonstrate competency in numeracy including complex medication calculations.

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