Midwifery Practice 6

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

1. Discuss the circumstances that necessitate admission of a baby to a Level Two Nursery;
2. Evaluate the environment of the nursery and implement strategies to promote the wellbeing of the baby and family;
3. Articulate the role of the midwife within the context of the level two nursery and collaborate with the multidisciplinary health team;
4. Utilise a clinical decision making process to apply the necessary knowledge and understanding required to meet the needs of the baby and family in the nursery;
5. Apply evidence-informed strategies for maintaining the families’ need for privacy, dignity and respect, as well as their right to be informed and to make decision regarding care of their baby;
6. Demonstrate reflective practice and implement evidence based care for babies and their families;
7. Perform skills associated with the baby's nutrition, elimination and thermoregulation and management of oxygen therapy, intravenous therapy and phototherapy using universal precautions;
8. Demonstrate competence in neonatal resuscitation;
9. Defend the family's need for privacy, dignity and respect, as well as their right to be informed and to make decision regarding care of their baby;
10. Provide evidence of recruitment of one newborn as part of the Continuity of Care program.