Midwifery Work During PregnancyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student:

· Can advise, guide and care for a woman and family in planning a pregnancy and as it progresses
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during pregnancy
· Can prevent, anticipate and identify risk factors and complications of pregnancy
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during a risky pregnancy and participate in treatment as a member of a multi-professional team

Content

Contents

• Pregnancy planning
• Support for growing up into parenthood
• Family and childbirth education
• Prenatal Monitoring and Consultancy
• Pregnancy diagnosis and progress, prenatal changes
• Embryology
• Monitoring and care of low-risk pregnancies
• Screenings
• Foetal diagnostics
• Prenatal health advice
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• High-risk pregnancies
• Prenatal complications
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• Support for growing up into parenthood in high-risk pregnancies
• Fear of childbirth