School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Principles of Effective Maternal and Newborn Care
  • Unit Code

    MID6108
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sara Jayne BAYES

Description

This unit provides the foundation for safe and effective care of childbearing women and newborns. Students will explore, analyse and demonstrate understanding of the principles that underpin the care of antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum women and their newborns. A woman-centred approach to health assessment and management, principles of symptom assessment, and principles of health promotion are also addressed in this unit.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply evidence-based knowledge to the care of pregnant, birthing and postpartum women and newborns.
  2. Analyse the role of the multi-disciplinary team in maternity care.
  3. Utilise a clinical decision making approach to provide safe, ethical basic care of the childbearing woman and baby.
  4. Participate in ethical, sensitive and enabling relationships with childbearing women built on a woman-centred model of care.
  5. Communicate effectively and appropriately with childbearing women, their families and professional colleagues.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to pregnancy, birthing and care of postpartum women and infants.
  2. The composition and collaborative role of the multi-disciplinary team in maternity and newborn care.
  3. Diagnostic testing.
  4. Physiology and management of labour.
  5. Obstetric emergencies and resuscitation.
  6. Supporting infant feeding and nutrition.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, discussion fora

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyA critical analysis of inter-professional management40%
PresentationVideo presentation related to a maternal emergency10%
AssignmentCritical discussion of a clinical practice issue50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyA critical analysis of inter-professional management40%
PresentationVideo presentation related to a maternal emergency10%
AssignmentCritical discussion of a clinical practice issue50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Principles of Effective Maternal and Newborn Care
  • Unit Code

    MID6108
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sara Jayne BAYES

Description

This unit provides the foundation for safe and effective care of childbearing women and newborns. Students will explore, analyse and demonstrate understanding of the principles that underpin the care of antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum women and their newborns. A woman-centred approach to health assessment and management, principles of symptom assessment, and principles of health promotion are also addressed in this unit.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply evidence-based knowledge to the care of pregnant, birthing and postpartum women and newborns.
  2. Analyse the role of the multi-disciplinary team in maternity care.
  3. Utilise a clinical decision making approach to provide safe, ethical basic care of the childbearing woman and baby.
  4. Participate in ethical, sensitive and enabling relationships with childbearing women built on a woman-centred model of care.
  5. Communicate effectively and appropriately with childbearing women, their families and professional colleagues.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to pregnancy, birthing and care of postpartum women and infants.
  2. The composition and collaborative role of the multi-disciplinary team in maternity and newborn care.
  3. Diagnostic testing.
  4. Physiology and management of labour.
  5. Obstetric emergencies and resuscitation.
  6. Supporting infant feeding and nutrition.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, discussion fora

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyWritten discussion of a preconception health scenario30%
PresentationPowerPoint Presentation30%
AssignmentCritical discussion of challenges to quality maternal newborn care in the students own practice enviroment40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyWritten discussion of a preconception health scenario 30%
PresentationPowerPoint Presentation30%
AssignmentCritical discussion of challenges to quality maternal and newborn care in the students own practice environment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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