HNM710 - Partnerships in Midwifery 2: Labour and Birth Care

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Online with campus requirements for simulation activities
Pre-clinical intensive study program

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule: This unit is only available to students enrolled in H676
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

HNM709, HNM711

Study commitment

Students will spend on average 150 hours over the trimester undertaking synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning activities for this unit.

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

Scheduled learning activities - online

This will include 14 hours of synchronous learning activities over the trimester

In-person attendance requirements

3 hours on-campus simulation activity over the trimester (including Skills Hurdle)
Pre-clinical intensive study program (on-campus)
64 hour Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE)

Note:

Department of Health – Safety Screening Requirements - Police Record Check, Working With Children Check and Immunisation Status

In accordance with the Department of Health policy, all students are required to undertake a Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course.

In accordance with the Worker Screening Act 2020, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course.

Students are required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.

Content

In this unit, clinical and professional midwifery concepts with a focus on the care of the woman during labour and birth will be examined.

Students will explore the role of the midwife in supporting a woman in labour to optimise the outcome of a physiological birth and transition following birth of woman and newborn, incorporating physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of care. Students will further develop their knowledge of anatomy and physiology which underpins the process of labour and birth.

During the 64 hours of midwifery practice experience (MPE) students will have the opportunity to further develop mindsets and apply knowledge and skills learned in this unit.

Hurdle requirement

  • Clinical Skills - Pass/Fail
  • Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE) - Pass/Fail

Unit Fee Information

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place.

For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current Students website.