Tallinn Health Care College
Tallinn Health Care College
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Curriculum subjectPractice - Pathological labour and puerperium
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| Subject code |
7SSP13PPSP |
| Subject name |
Practice - Pathological labour and puerperium |
| Credit points |
11 ECTS |
| Grading method |
Distinctive (letters) |
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| Curriculum subject |
| Curriculum |
2016 Ä |
| Study year |
4 |
| Semester |
Spring semester |
| Subject type |
Mandatory |
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Subject loads
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| Seminar |
12 |
| Personal study |
18 |
| Practical training |
256 |
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| Aim |
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| To reinforce the theoretical knowledge, attitudes and skills of observing and assessing pathological delivery and puerperium in practice. |
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| Study outcome |
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1. Has a practical training in pathology of childbirth and the puerperium
instructed by a supervisor from the college and a mentor, integrating theory into practice.
2. Performs an examination of a woman at childbirth independently, assesses birth defects and chooses appropriate methods for teamwork.
3. Uses different aids and medications to induce and stimulate labour, for pain management and in cases of emergency.
4. Uses different aids for foetal assessment, taking into account the individual
needs of a woman/support person.
5. Gives first aid to both a woman at childbirth and her newborn baby/foetus in emergency situations.
6. Performs perineal repair and revision.
7. Counsels a woman in childbirth/support person at emergency birth and postpartum proceeding from holistic approach to humanity.
8. Provides care to a newborn baby in accordance of gestational age and/or the existing abnormality, applying teamwork principes.
9. Follows the requirements for practical midwifery derived from European Directives, and analyses the practical situations linked to pathological birth and/or postpartum. |
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| Current rounds |
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| None |
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