MID605: High Risk Neonatal Nursery Care (Not available in 2010)

This unit looks at the history of neonatal nursing and changes that have enhanced provision of care for neonates today.
Students will explore causes for preterm births and identify potential risk factors encountered in the preterm neonate. Students will develop assessment skills used for the high-risk newborn and identify appropriate outcomes for the infant and family. Care will focus on stabilising the high-risk infants by integrating knowledge and skills of the needs of the infant with nursing process.

Points	2
Enrolment Options	Not available 2010
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	MID501 Anatomy and Physiology for Midwifery Practice; MID502 Family and Cultural Community Midwifery Care; MID503 Transitional Midwifery Practice 1; MID601 Midwifery Sociology and Contemporary Care; NUR610 Bioethics and Law for Nursing and Health Care Leadership; MID602 Transition to Midwifery Practice 2. Corequisite: MID615 High Risk Neonatal Nursery Care Practicum. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Quota	This unit is subject to quota. Quota limit is 10 places.
School	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Unit Coordinator	Mrs Laura Walker Position: Part-Time Teaching E-mail: Laura.Walker@murdoch.edu.au Location: Phone: Prefix: +618
Unit Contacts	No contacts available, please contact the unit coordinator for more information

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)