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 given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Complex Care in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium
  • Unit Code

    MIT6202
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Clare Louise DAVISON

Description

This unit provides the foundation for students' theory and practice in complex midwifery care situations. The focus is on a range of pre-existing and emergent health and childbearing related conditions and diseases. Students utilise research findings and theory to develop evidence based critical problem solving skills for complex midwifery practice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units MIP6202 and MIT6102

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply theoretical knowledge of antepartum, intrapartum and puerperal pathophysiology to midwifery practice.
  2. Competently assess women during pregnancy, birth and the puerperium, and interpret findings, and modify care accordingly.
  3. Explain models of care and consultation/referral processes when pregnancy, birth and the puerperium are complicated.
  4. Interpret the midwife's role of the midwife in complex care in a range of practice settings.
  5. Apply evidence-based knowledge to plans of care for the childbearing family in complex situations.

Unit Content

  1. Complications of pregnancy.
  2. Complications of labour and birth.
  3. Complications of the puerperium.
  4. Fetal complications.
  5. Neonatal complications.
  6. Care and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and families experiencing complications of childbearing.
  7. Advanced assessment skills and techniques for midwifery practice.
  8. Collaborative interdisciplinary practice and referral.
  9. Maternal and neonatal emergency care.
  10. Mothers and neonates requiring surgery.
  11. Perineal suturing.
  12. When a woman, fetus or neonate dies 1: Bereavement and loss within a cultural context.
  13. When a woman, fetus or neonate dies 2: Midwifery care and statutory duties.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 18 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of approaches to learning. The students will also be expected to undertake 80 hours Continuity of Care Experiences plus 240 hours paid employment professional practice experience.

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 StudyInterpretation and presentation of a midwifery plan of care50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Complex Care in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium
  • Unit Code

    MIT6202
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Clare Louise DAVISON

Description

This unit provides the foundation for students' theory and practice in complex midwifery care situations. The focus is on a range of pre-existing and emergent health and childbearing related conditions and diseases. Students utilise research findings and theory to develop evidence based critical problem solving skills for complex midwifery practice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units MIP6202 and MIT6102

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply theoretical knowledge of antepartum, intrapartum and puerperal pathophysiology to midwifery practice.
  2. Competently assess women during pregnancy, birth and the puerperium, and interpret findings, and modify care accordingly.
  3. Explain models of care and consultation/referral processes when pregnancy, birth and the puerperium are complicated.
  4. Interpret the midwife's role of the midwife in complex care in a range of practice settings.
  5. Apply evidence-based knowledge to plans of care for the childbearing family in complex situations.

Unit Content

  1. Complications of pregnancy.
  2. Complications of labour and birth.
  3. Complications of the puerperium.
  4. Fetal complications.
  5. Neonatal complications.
  6. Care and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and families experiencing complications of childbearing.
  7. Advanced assessment skills and techniques for midwifery practice.
  8. Collaborative interdisciplinary practice and referral.
  9. Maternal and neonatal emergency care.
  10. Mothers and neonates requiring surgery.
  11. Perineal suturing.
  12. When a woman, fetus or neonate dies 1: Bereavement and loss within a cultural context.
  13. When a woman, fetus or neonate dies 2: Midwifery care and statutory duties.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 18 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of approaches to learning. The students will also be expected to undertake 80 hours Continuity of Care Experiences plus 240 hours paid employment professional practice experience.

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 StudyInterpretation and presentation of a midwifery plan of care50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

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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