92281 Complex Midwifery Practice

Subject level: Undergraduate

Handbook description

This subject examines the physiological and psychosocial processes that the childbearing woman and her family experience when a deviation from normal occurs during the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum or neonatal periods. The subject explores the role of the midwife in the care of the childbearing family to detect deviations from normal and as a consequence, then when to implement timely and appropriate interventions. This subject also explores how the midwife can normalise the childbearing experience for these women and their families.