Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 9.0 |
Clinical Practice: | 1 x 9 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 13416 (v.2) Midwifery 561 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 13409 (v.2) Midwifery Science 562
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13411 (v.2) Midwifery 562
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Syllabus: | Midwifery practice in a selected area of maternity care. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Applied a midwifery theoretical based framework in the provision of maternity care for a childbearing woman and her family. Evaluated the impact of selected midwifery interventions on a childbearing woman and her family. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Australian College of Midwives (Inc.) (1998), Competency standards for midwives. Melbourne, Australian College of Midwives Inc. Boak, G. (1998), A complete guide to learning contracts: People management. London, Gower Price. |
Unit Texts: | Enkin, M., Keirse, M.J,. Crowther, C., Duley, L., Hodnett, E. and Hofmeyr, J. (2000), A guide to effective care in pregnancy and childbirth (third edition). Oxford, Oxford University Press. Gilbert, E.S. and Harmon, J. (2002), Manual of high risk pregnancy and delivery (third edition). St. Louis, Mosby. Page, L. (ed.) (2000), The new midwifery. Science and sensitivity in practice. London, Churchill, Livingstone. Sweet, B. (1997), Mayes' Midwifery: a textbook for midwives (twelfth edition). London, Balliere Tindall. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Successful completion learning contract. This is a pass/fail assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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