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Midwifery Work During ChildbirthLaajuus (7 cr)

Code: TH00BY31

Credits

7 op

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Enrollment

12.09.2024 - 28.02.2025

Timing

24.02.2025 - 20.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
  • Marjatta Häsänen
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • PKÄTIS22
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 14.02.2024

Timing

07.02.2024 - 18.04.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Emergency Care, Public Health Nursing and Midwifery

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
  • Marjatta Häsänen
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • AVOKATIK24
    Degree Programme in Midwifery, Part-Time Path Studies, Spring 24
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 29.02.2024

Timing

05.02.2024 - 26.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
  • Tiina Murto
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • PKÄTIS21
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 15.01.2023

Timing

10.02.2023 - 15.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

58 % Contact teaching, 42 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 20

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
  • Marjatta Häsänen
Groups
  • AVOKÄTIK23
    Degree Programme in Midwifery, Part-Time Path Studies, Spring 23

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2021 - 20.03.2022

Timing

07.03.2022 - 29.04.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

58 % Contact teaching, 42 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 20

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery
Teachers
  • Tiina Murto
  • Marjatta Häsänen
Groups
  • AVOKÄTIK22
    Degree Programme in Midwifery, Part-Time Path Studies, Spring 22

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5