Postpartum and Neonatal Care for Nurse-Midwifery

2 credits · School of Nursing

This course examines theory and research related to nurse-midwifery management of the postpartum women/individuals and newborns individually and as a dyad, and strategies for facilitating healthy physiological adaptation and parental-family-newborn relationships. Methods of screening for and collaborative management of common abnormalities are discussed. Management includes non-intervention in the absence of complications as well as selected complications and emergencies. The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice (including Hallmarks of Midwifery and Midwifery Management Process), Standards of Midwifery Practice and Code of Ethics provide the framework for the course. Prerequisite: 6010 or 6022, 6020 or 6024, and 6811. [2]