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Area/Catalogue
NURS 1043

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
101429

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

The 2025 timetable is
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Course owner

Course owner
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Course aim

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of the exploration of childbirth as a normal phenomenon, and facilitate primary health care for women during labour and childbirth in a multicultural society.

Course content

Australian College of Midwives (ACM) competencies; reproductive anatomy and physiology; physiology of labour and childbirth; intra partum care and assessment, early post partum care; law and ethics; multiculturalism; working in teams; communication and documentation skills; evidenced based care.

Textbook(s)

Pairman, S. Pincombe, J. Thorogood, C. and Tracy, S 2010, Midwifery, Preparation for Practice, Churchill Livingstone

Johnson R and Taylor W 2010, Skills for Midwifery Practice, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
BIOL 1047 Human Body 1
NURS 1042 Normal Pregnancy and Childbirth 1

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Workshop 8 hours x 2 days
Tutorial 5 hours x 4 weeks
Clinical 40 hours x 2 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
Workshop 8 hours x 2 days
Clinical 40 hours x 2 weeks
External (Online Delivery) N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Case study, Examination, Portfolio

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

AsPr Lois McKellar
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