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.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Midwifery Care of the Well Neonate
  • Unit Code

    MIT3101
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Di BLOXSOME

Description

This unit explores the principles and practice underpinning the assessment and management of the well neonate. It extends earlier theoretical knowledge and clinical experiences, and provides students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to recognise the at-risk, unwell or premature neonate. Issues relating to parenting well neonates will also be explored. This unit is a designated unit, which means only one attempt is allowed. Failure of a designated unit may result in exclusion from the course.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will also be required to undertake clinical practicum during the hours laid down by their host clinical agency and that these may occur at times outside the identified semester weeks. Additionally, pre-identified clinical practicum periods may change with minimal notice to students due to circumstances outside the control of the School. Students are also required to conduct continuity of care experiences, these may occur outside of identified semester weeks.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MIP2102, MIT2101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NMW3109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Recognise normal anatomy, physiology and development in the neonatal period for a range of ethnic groups.
  2. Analyse the differences between the physiological and neurodevelopmental characteristics of a normal and a premature, sick or at-risk neonate.
  3. Apply principles of cultural sensitivity to the care of well Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander neonates, their parents and their extended family, and to those of other cultures.
  4. Recognise the deteriorating, unwell or at risk neonate based on the presenting signs, symptoms and/or pathophysiology.
  5. Recognise the need for intervention as part of the neonate's transition to extra-uterine life.
  6. Apply current evidence and best practice national and international guidelines to plan, implement and evaluate care for the well neonate.

Unit Content

  1. Continuity of care experience.
  2. Challenges to early parenting and support resources.
  3. Ethical, professional and legal implications in the care of neonates.
  4. Comprehensive neurological, behavioural and physiological assessment of the neonate.
  5. Evidence-based and culturally considerate care of the well neonate.
  6. Recognition of deviation from the norm.
  7. The impact of ethnicity on neonatal physiology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online interactive learning activities, tutorials, workshops, 80 hours of clinical practice experience and at least 40 hours of CoCE.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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 School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Portfolio (Clinical placement requirements, simulation activity participation, medication calculation test)
Assignment ^Written assignment
Portfolio ^Midwifery portfolio (Midwifery experiences, Continuity of Care Experience (min 40hrs) and Midwifery Clinical Assessment Tool)
Practicum ^Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool
Reflective Practice ^Professional reflection

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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

    Midwifery Care of the Well Neonate
  • Unit Code

    MIT3101
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Di BLOXSOME

Description

This unit explores the principles and practice underpinning the assessment and management of the well neonate. It extends earlier theoretical knowledge and clinical experiences, and provides students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to recognise the at-risk, unwell or premature neonate. Issues relating to parenting well neonates will also be explored. This unit is a designated unit, which means only one attempt is allowed. Failure of a designated unit may result in exclusion from the course.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will also be required to undertake clinical practicum during the hours laid down by their host clinical agency and that these may occur at times outside the identified semester weeks. Additionally, pre-identified clinical practicum periods may change with minimal notice to students due to circumstances outside the control of the School. Students are also required to conduct continuity of care experiences, these may occur outside of identified semester weeks.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MIP2102, MIT2101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NMW3109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Recognise normal anatomy, physiology and development in the neonatal period for a range of ethnic groups.
  2. Analyse the differences between the physiological and neurodevelopmental characteristics of a normal and a premature, sick or at-risk neonate.
  3. Apply principles of cultural sensitivity to the care of well Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander neonates, their parents and their extended family, and to those of other cultures.
  4. Recognise the deteriorating, unwell or at risk neonate based on the presenting signs, symptoms and/or pathophysiology.
  5. Recognise the need for intervention as part of the neonate's transition to extra-uterine life.
  6. Apply current evidence and best practice national and international guidelines to plan, implement and evaluate care for the well neonate.

Unit Content

  1. Continuity of care experience.
  2. Challenges to early parenting and support resources.
  3. Ethical, professional and legal implications in the care of neonates.
  4. Comprehensive neurological, behavioural and physiological assessment of the neonate.
  5. Evidence-based and culturally considerate care of the well neonate.
  6. Recognition of deviation from the norm.
  7. The impact of ethnicity on neonatal physiology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online interactive learning activities, tutorials, workshops, 80 hours of clinical practice experience and at least 40 hours of CoCE.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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 School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Portfolio (Clinical placement requirements, simulation activity participation, medication calculation test)
Assignment ^Written assignment
Portfolio ^Midwifery portfolio (Midwifery experiences, Continuity of Care Experience (min 40hrs) and Midwifery Clinical Assessment Tool)
Practicum ^Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool
Reflective Practice ^Professional reflection

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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