NS4003 - Rural and Remote Issues in Midwifery

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject is focused on the challenges of midwifery and maternity care provision in remote areas of Queensland, and the widwife's role in providing advice, care and support in culturally safe ways according to a public health agenda.

Learning Outcomes

• provide care consistent with the philosophy, ethics and ANMAC (2006) Competency Standards demonstrating beginning competence in providing evidence-based care for women in labour and then care of the woman, baby and family in the first postpartum weeks;
• appreciate the tensions that arise when offering choices to women living in rural and remote Australia, in terms of the conditions that influence the delivery of maternity care;
• examine the epidemiology of maternal and child health in rural and remote Queensland with an emphasis on the interaction of personal (biologic and psychosocial) factors with social, political, economic and political cultural structures;
• promote intersectoral, culturally safe, respectful health services that support individual rights, interests, preferences and beliefs;
• demonstrate knowledge of the theories, concepts and methods necessary to provide and evaluate evidence-based safe midwifery care for women resident in rural and remote Queensland.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

NS3004

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 3
Census Date 07-Feb-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Karyn Bentley
Contact hours:	50 hours 80 hours professional experience
Assessment:	(20%); assignments (80%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Non-graded 100% Pass in Medication Calculation Test

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.