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Advanced Special Skills in Midwifery 3 (15 cr)

Code: TH00BZ98-3001

General information


Enrollment

17.05.2022 - 04.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

15 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Tiina Murto

Groups

  • PKÄTIS18

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIAL SKILLS IN MIDWIFERY 15 cr KäSY
- Students will learn to work independently and as members of a multiprofessional team
- Students will learn to improve and deepen their skills in the planning, provision, documenting and evaluation of midwifery in various settings.
- Students will comply with the ethical guidelines of midwifery and the applicable legislation.
- Students will master aseptic techniques.
- Students will master the central contents and methods of midwifery-related pharmacotherapy and administer safe pharmacotherapy.
- Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
- Students will master the management of a normal pregnancy.
- Students will know how to recognise at-risk pregnancies and send at-risk women to further care when necessary.
- Students will master the monitoring and treatment of pregnant women and foetuses in at-risk pregnancies.
- Students will learn to independently handle all the stages of a low-risk delivery.
- Students can work as a member of a multiprofessional team in a high-risk delivery.
- Students will learn to perform immediate observation and care of newborns and initiate resuscitation if required.
- Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
- Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
- Students will know how to support women and families in breastfeeding and the development of early interaction.
- Students will learn to provide critical care to newborns as members of multiprofessional teams.
- Students will learn to provide the treatment process of a gynaecological patient.
- Students will master the guidance of gynaecological patients and their family members.
- Students will learn to support women and their family members in lifecycle-related crises.
- Students will learn to use different information systems to reliably document the care administered to women and families.

Content

Contents
The study units are practical training units that meet the requirements of the EU/2005 directives.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty