HPRO5403 – Introduction to Midwifery Skills
Module code
HPRO5403
Module title
Introduction to Midwifery Skills
Prescription
The aim of this course is for aakonga to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for midwifery assessment and practice to inform developing midwifery practice.
Programmes
- TP5225
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Content
- - Health and Safety in midwifery practice skills
- Professional accountability
- Documentation
- Cultural competence
- Assessment, monitoring and introductory practice skills (baseline observations - mother and baby, abdominal palpatation, fetal auscultation, antenatal assessment, supporting women/pregnant people in labour and birth, postnatal assessment, breastfeeding basics, infant CPR)
- Cultural competence
- Drug calculations
- Introduction to pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
- Administration of medications
- Documentation - Learning Outcomes
- LO1: Explain the theories and principles that underpin introductory midwifery practice skills.
LO2: Perform a range of selected assessment and practice skills including drug calculations to enable culturally competent and safe midwifery practice.
LO3: Safely administer medicines, including accurately calculating medication doses, for midwifery practice. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods. The activities chosen will align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional-specific requirements, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course supports both achievement and competency-based assessment. Aakonga must achieve all learning outcomes and successfully complete all assessment items to pass this course.
Competency-based assessment completion: Aakonga must successfully complete all specified competency-based assessment items. There are no resubmission/resit opportunities for competency assessments.
Achievement-based assessment completion: Aakonga must submit all specified achievement-based assessment items and obtain a minimum of 50% in each achievement-based assessment.
