Utilising a case study approach, this unit provides the knowledge required to enable the student midwife to provide holistic, evidence-based care to childbearing women experiencing medical/surgical/obstetric complications to achieve optimal outcomes within a collaborative team. Topics include: Early pregnancy complications, haemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, medical conditions, postnatal depression/psychosis and perinatal loss and grief.

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PRESCRIBED TEXT - MIDWIFERY PREPARATION FOR PRACTICE 5TH EDITION

PRESCRIBED TEXT - SKILLS FOR MIDWIFERY PRACTICE

PRESCRIBED TEXT - ESSENTIAL NEONATAL MEDICINE 6TH EDITION