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NS5114:03
Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal Midwifery Care
5-day residential, 260 hours of clinical, 80 hours flexible delivery. Limited Attendance Semester 1.
Available to Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery students and midwives enrolled in postgraduate courses of the School of Nursing Sciences.
Modules of study within this subject include: midwifery and the childbearing woman; pregnancy, birth and the normal neonate; lactation and breastfeeding; the postnatal woman and family and the normal neonate.
apply knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate contemporary midwifery practice in relation to woman-centred and family-centred care;
assess and monitor the woman and foetus or infant within the context of the family unit according to age, psycho-physiologic status, well being, socio-cultural background and environment from pregnancy to the postnatal period;
plan and implement appropriate care for the safety of the woman, the foetus or infant and her family during the childbearing continuum;