NS4005 - Becoming a Midwife

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

This subject builds on existing midwifery knowledge and provides students with the opportunity to critically examine pertinent professional and practice issues. Students explore actual and predicted roles and responsibilities of the midwife within the wider socio-political agendas locally, nationally and globally.

Learning Outcomes

• critically examine the effects of current policy and guidelines on the provision, outcomes and quality of maternity care;
• use the ANMC Competency Standards for midwifery practice, and its Codes of Ethics, to identify current and future learning needs;
• prioritise professional responsibilities and duty of care to ensure safe midwifery care;
• practice midwifery in an accountable manner guided by the ANMC Code of Ethics, Competency Standards and Professional Conduct;
• critically evaluate research findings and identify "best practice" in midwifery and work collaboratively with others in the development of practice.

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:

NS4003 AND NS4004 AND HS4005 AND NS4320

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Karyn Bentley
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 240 hours professional experience
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Submission of 20 completed Follow-Through Experiences; submission of completed Competency Workbook; submission of Portfolio

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.