Working as a Professional 2

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Discuss and critique the role of the midwife in contemporary advanced midwifery practice with reference to current evidence;
2. Identify advanced professional midwifery practice issues in the current climate of maternity care;
3. Describe the procedure involved in performing an episiotomy;
4. Describe the procedure of perineal repair;
5. Demonstrate an advanced examination of the newborn in the simulated environment;
6. Recognise when to conduct antenatal screening investigations;
7. Describe which antenatal tests and investigations are needed in specific situations or conditions;
8. Discuss the interpretations of the results of such investigations; and
9. Apply the principles of conflict management to a scenario in the simulated environment.