Practicum in Intrapartum/Postpartum/Neonatal Nurse-Midwifery Care

4 credits · School of Nursing

Students will integrate principles, current literature, theory and research findings into the management of the care of individuals during the intrapartum and postpartum periods, and management of the newborn from birth to 28 days of life. Methods of screening for abnormalities, supporting healthy adaptation to extrauterine life, and facilitating healthy parental-newborn family relationships are applied. Students have the opportunity to apply components of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Philosophy, Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice (including the Hallmarks of Midwifery and Midwifery Management Process), and Standards for the Practice of Midwifery, and the Code of Ethics in the management of labor, birth, and the puerperium, as well as in management of the newborn through 28 days of life. Clinical objectives are achieved in a variety of settings under the preceptorship of experienced certified nurse-midwives and physicians. Prerequisite: 6011 or 6013, 6020 or 6024, 6805, 6811. Pre/Corequisite: 6831, 6836, 6838. [4]