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Practical Training – Early Postpartum Discharge

Subject
Subject code 7VA18/PrEPD
Subject name Practical Training – Early Postpartum Discharge
Credit points 5 ECTS
Grading method Nondistinctive
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2021 Ä
Study year
Semester
Subject type Optional
Subject loads
Practice 8
Seminar 6
Personal study 36
Practical training 80
Aim
To acquire prepareness to provide independent midwifery care during postpartum period in case of early discharge from hospital.
Study outcome
1. Assesses the woman that has given birth and counsels her on postpartum recovery.
2. Assesses the general condition of a newborn and counsels the family on how to take care of the newborn according to the children´s health check guideline valid in Estonia.
3. Recognizes abnormalities, which occur in the woman given birth and the newborn, incl. in parenting and in case of mood swings, and applies the principles of teamwork.
4. Values ethical attitudes of a midwife when providing midwifery care to the woman given birth, the newborn and the members of the family.
Current rounds
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