Public Health Nursing of Pregnancy and Birth (5 ECTS)

Objective

Student
- know how to plan, implement and evaluate maternity care in accordance with national regulations, recommendations and evidence-based knowledge
- are able to work as experts of maternity care in the multi-actor collaboration of maternity care
- know how to apply their guidance and counselling competence to the health promotion of pregnant women and families with a newborn baby
- can implement breastfeeding guidance in accordance with the WHO Baby Friendly Initiative

Content

- regular health check-ups based on the national recommendations on maternity care
- the main laws and decrees on maternity care
- follow up and screening methods of maternity care
- promotion of health and wellbeing of the expecting mother and family
- identifying problems during pregnancy requiring supplementary follow up and multiprofessional cooperation
- irregular childbirth, alleviation of pain during childbirth and unplanned out-of-hospital childbirth
- postnatal examination of normal childbirth
- screenings of cervical and breast cancers
- Breastfeeding counselling training course based on the WHO Baby Friendly Initiative
- medical studies: obstetrics, gynaecology, prenatal diagnostic testing

Materials

-Paananen & Pietiläinen & Raussi-Lehto & Väyrynen & Äimälä (toim.). Kätilötyö. Edita. 2015 tai uudempi painos- opettajan ohjaamat osiot.
-Terveysportin NEUKO-tietokanta - opettajan ohjaamat osiot.

- Hotus: Raskaana olevan sekä imeväisikäisen lapsen äidin sekä perheen imetysohjaus
- opettajan ohjaamat osiot, löytyvät moodlesta.

Teaching methods

-Interactive lecture
-Exercises
-Independent studying; materials in Moodle
-Flipped learning
-Laboratory work
-Simulation
- exam

Employer connections

Clinical practice in Maternity and Child Health Clinic and postnatal wards

Exam schedules

Tenttiajat löytyvät moodlesta, exam-tentti
Uusinnat erillisen ohjeen mukaan

Student workload

Breastfeeding counselling: According Baby Friendly Hospital (WHO) -initiative 1etc
Maternity health care: 3,5 etc
Physicians' lectures: 0,5 etc

Further information

Students can choose to study professional studies of public health nursing after they have successfully completed the theoretical studies included in the professional nursing studies and at least the clinical practices in medical and surgical operating environments , unless otherwise agreed in the student's HOPS.

The student confirms his/her place in the course by attending the orientation. If the student is unable to attend the orientatio, the teacher must be informed in advance.

Attendance is compulsory for the face-to-face courses, maternity nursing laboratories and simulations of the breastfeeding counselling training.

The breastfeeding counsellor training must be passed before the Public Health Nursing of Pregnancy and Birth – Clinical Practice.

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Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
Evaluation criteria expert level is used.

Assessment methods and criteria

Breastfeeding counselling: attendance, active participation at the simulation and proficiency test.

Maternity Care exam evaluated 1-5

Physicians lectures: attendance

The grade of the course will be determined according to the maternity care exam.

Qualifications

The student may choose professional studies of public health nursing after successfully completing the theoretical requirements of professional nursing studies as well as all the clinical practices in medical and surgical operating environments, unless otherwise agreed in the student's PSP.