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MIDW115 Practice Connections

10 cp
Prerequisites
MIDW127 Beginning the Journey
Co-requisite MIDW113 The Childbearing Journey
Teaching Organisation 150 hours of focused learning.

This practice unit will focus on well women’s experiences of pregnancy, their response to becoming pregnant, the changes encountered from early pregnancy through to the early weeks after birth, the midwife’s roles relating to health assessment, health promotion and primary level counselling, and working with well women during childbearing. Students will be introduced to infant nutrition with emphasis on supporting women who choose to breastfeed. The unit will introduce students to the application of the principles of basic care and care maps, reflection on self and practice, and the value of reflective practice.

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