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  • 3.00 Credits

    ResearchIn this course the student investigated the readiness of consumers and providers in the community for nurse-midwives and birth centers by conducting market research. Prerequisite: NM601.
  • 3.00 Credits

    AssessmentThis course is designed as a practicum in learning about your community. The course takes the student into the community to gather first hand information on: the legal base for practice and the operation of a birth center; general information on the community's population characteristics, economy, transportation and health indicators; availability and access to maternity care services and social support agencies.Prerequisite: PC618.
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This course is made up of a sequence of modules designed to provide the knowledge base for clinical midwifery management of the healthy pregnant woman. Content for this course covers the basics of prenatal care, and stresses the developmental changes that can be expected during the course of pregnancy. Promotion of optimal health and outcome by the provision of midwifery care is discussed. Prevention of problems through the promotion of healthy behaviors by the pregnant woman and her family is a key focus of the course. Emphasis is also on midwifery teaching and supportive care that enhances the normal processes of pregnancy and birth. Prerequisite: PC605 and NM602. Prerequisite or concurrent: PC606 and PC612.
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This course is designed to assist the midwifery student in attaining the basic knowledge needed to provide care during an uncomplicated labor and birth. Emphasis is placed on comparing different management options through a review of literature in order to assist women in making informed choices and participating in decisions about their care during labor and birth. Prerequisite: PC605 and NM602. Prerequisite or concurrent: PC606 and PC612.
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on normal anatomical changes of the puerperium, including lactation, and the normal anatomical and physiologic changes of the fetus and newborn. It is designed to provide a foundation for the management of care of the basically normal postpartum woman and newborn. Content also includes breastfeeding, postpartum, and newborn teaching, as well as societal, and cultural issues surrounding the mother/infant dyad. Some controversies in newborn care will be covered. Prerequisite: PC605 and NM602. Prerequisite or concurrent: PC606 and PC612.
  • 3.00 Credits

    CareThis course is designed to provide knowledge needed to anticipate, identify, and manage antepartum complications and variations of normal, some of which will require the midwife to consult collaborate, or refer. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of timely diagnosis and appropriate collaborative management using evidence-based care practices. This course also provides the knowledge base needed to more fully address selected management issues that the midwife will take up with all clients such as prenatal genetic screening & diagnosis, and issues related to the extremes of childbearing age. Prerequisite or concurrent: NM629 for students attending Clinical Bound.
  • 3.00 Credits

    CareThis course is designed to provide knowledge needed to anticipate, identify, and manage intrapartum complications and variations of normal, many of which require the midwife to consult, collaborate, or refer. Risk factors, current research, and management controversies related to complications and variations of normal, as well as immediate management steps for emergency conditions are covered. Prerequisite: All Level II courses. Prerequisite or concurrent: NM629 for students attending Clinical Bound.
  • 3.00 Credits

    CareThis course focuses on the theory and concepts of nurse-midwifery management in the care of postpartum women, newborns, and their families. Emphasis is placed on continuity of care for the family after birth. It includes postpartum and newborn complications. Prerequisite or concurrent: NM629 for students attending Clinical Bound.
  • 0.00 - 1.00 Credits

    This course continues to develop the skills of the nurse-midwife in the assessment of the newborn, including complete physical examination and resuscitation techniques. Didactic content includes infant nutrition, societal and cultural issues surrounding the newborn, and controversies in newborn care. Prerequisite: All Level II courses.
  • 0.00 - 1.00 Credits

    This course provides the student with the opportunity to learn and practice intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn skills in an on-campus didactic classroom and clinical laboratory. The intrapartum content includes beginning suturing skills, hand maneuvers for normal birth and third stage, and management of selected intrapartum complications and variations of normal. Students will begin to develop their clinical assessment skills related to normal postpartum clients as well as clients experiencing selected postpartum complications. Assessment of the newborn, including complete physical examination and selected complications, is presented. Prerequisite: NM618 and NM619. Prerequisite or concurrent: PC618 and NM611.
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