Professional/Short course Managing Maternal Critical Care
20 credit level 6 or level 7 module
Introduction
You may be able to study these modules at Level 6 (BSc level) or Level 7 (Masters level) depending on your academic circumstances. Please contact the CPD Team or the Module Leader for advice if you are unsure which level would be best for you.
On successful completion of the Managing Maternal Critical Care level 6 (UZURXY-20-3) module, you will be able to:
- Contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of maternal critical care.
- Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the application of human factors to the clinical decision making process within the multi-disciplinary team, with an emphasis on the role of the midwife within it.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills required to care for women needing critical care in all settings.
- Critically discuss legal, ethical, social and cultural issues and their impact on maternal critical care, enabling provision of holistic care to women and their families.
- Demonstrate self-direction and decision-making within the multidisciplinary team.
Level 7 (UZURY3-20-M) module:
- Critically understand and discuss the need for, planning, implementing and evaluating maternal critical care.
- Critically apply human factors to the clinical decision making process.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills required to care for women needing high dependency care in the labour ward setting.
- Critically analyse the function and work of the multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate midwifery leadership within it.
- Critically evaluate legal, ethical, social and cultural issues and their impact on maternal critical care.
- Demonstrate self-direction clinical leadership in decision-making during complex and unpredictable situations.
Entry requirements
The module will be relevant for midwives working with women and their families who wish to advance their skills and knowledge in maternal critical care.
Careers / Further study
The Level 6 module can contribute towards:
- BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
- BSc(Hons) Health and Social Care
- MSc Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
- MSc Advanced Practice
- Professional Development Award
The level 7 module can contribute towards:
- MSc Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
- MSc Advanced Practice
- Professional Development Awards
Structure
Content
This course syllabus typically covers the following:
Professional and ethical practice
- Managing and prioritising maternal critical care
- The law and ethics in complex maternal critical care situations
Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
- Identifying occult signs in maternal critical care and obstetric emergencies
- High dependency maternal care
- Identifying rapidly changing clinical conditions
Key transferable and clinical skills
- Clinical reasoning
- Human factors and their impact in clinical decision making
- Advanced clinical skills required for high dependency maternal care
- Critical thinking and problem solving
Leadership and management
- Management of self and others (leadership, emotional intelligence and resilience).
Learning and Teaching
Learning and teaching methods utilised within this module are student-centred and will typically include lectures, seminars, workshops and masterclasses, presentations, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), group work and formative peer and self-assessment.
Study time
Total contact time is 48 hours and this includes lectures, seminars, simulation and workshops.
Assessment
Oral examination - 20 minutes.
Features
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Prices and dates
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Dates
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How to apply
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Extra information
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