HNN207 - Maternal and Newborn Care

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Rachel Russell
Trimester 3: Heather Wallace
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in D355, D381, D387, H326, H329
Prerequisite:

HBS109 and HNN112

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1 hour online seminars.

Content

This online elective unit is designed to provide nursing students with the opportunity to explore and develop basic understandings of maternity care in the Australian context. This knowledge will inform students of fundamental principles of maternity care for women and their newborn infant/s. Students will be introduced to the physiological and psychological adaptations that occur during the uncomplicated pregnancy, childbirth and the early postnatal period. Students will be introduced to the role of the multidisciplinary health care team. 

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Explain the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Describe the process of physiological labour and birth.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Describe the maternal and/or newborn adaptations that occur in the postnatal period.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Identify role of the multidisciplinary team in providing evidence-based health information relevant to the perinatal period.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Trimester 2 and Trimester 3:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Audio-visual presentation 10 minutes 40%
  • Week 4
Assessment 2: Online multiple-choice quiz 1 quiz - 30 minutes 20%
  • Week 7
Assessment 3: Assignment Equivalent to 1500 words 40%
  • Week 10

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN207 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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