Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH The midwife as a skilled practitioner
School	Institute of Clinical Sciences
Department	Nursing and Midwifery
Module Code	02 39910
Module Lead	Claire Nutt
Level	Honours Level
Credits	0
Semester	Full Term
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Restrictions	None
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Description	This non-credit bearing module will enable learners to experience direct care of women and childbearing people, their newborn infants and families during practice placements. Supervised by suitably qualified and prepared practitioners, learners will experience a range of practice experiences in different settings with service users and families who have diverse physical, social, psychological and emotional needs. They will develop skills to enable them to meet the requirements of Domain 6 as stated within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of proficiency for midwives (NMC 2019), under the following areas: Communication, sharing information and relationship management Being an accountable, autonomous, professional midwife Safe and effective midwifery care: promoting and providing continuity of care and carer Assessment, screening, planning care and support across the continuum Evidence-based medicines administration and optimisation Universal care for all women and newborn infants Additional care for women and newborn infants with complications Promoting excellence: the midwife as colleague, scholar and leader
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate competence in selected Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives (Domain 6) and professional behaviours in accordance with the MORA and for entry to the NMC register as a midwife Evidence knowledge and understanding of numeracy and pharmacology through safe and effective medicines management, within a midwifery scope of practice
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: MORA (pass/fail) Calculations of medicines (pass/ fail) is set at 100%. This complies with NMC (2019) Standards for Pre-registration Midwifery Programmes, Section 4: 4.5 Reassessment: Learners will resubmit failed component(s) MORA (pass/fail) Calculations of medicines (pass/ fail) is set at 100%. This complies with NMC (2019) Standards for Pre-registration Midwifery Programmes, Section 4: 4.5
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