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CODE MID1007

 
TITLE Medical and Surgical Conditions Related to Midwifery

 
LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Midwifery

 
DESCRIPTION This study-unit is targeted at first year student midwives to give them an understanding of medical and surgical conditions that could be present while caring for pregnant women. Medical conditions include hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, renal problems and haemoglinopathies. Surgical conditions include abdominal pain, hypovolaemic shock, pre-, intra-, and post- operative care.

Study-unit Aims:

The aim of this study-unit is to help students recognise and understand medical and surgical conditions that could occur during the perinatal period.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- an understanding of medical and surgical conditions that may be present during the perinatal period, an understanding of medical and surgical investigations, management and treatment of these conditions, and an understanding of the general principles of pre, intra and post operative care.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Medical/Surgical Nursing

- Ignatavicius D.D. and Workman M.L. (2006) Medical/Surgical Nursing (5th ed.) W.B. Saunders, U.S.A. ISBN: 0721606717
- Monahan F.D. et al (2007) Phipp’s Medical-Surgical Nursing (8th ed.) Mosby U.S.A. ISBN: 0323031978
- LeMone P. and Burke K.M. (2004) Medical/Surgical Nursing Pearson Education, U.S.A. ISBN: 0-13-099075-2

Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests

- Pagana, K.D. and Pagana T.J. (2005) Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference Mosby, U.S.A. ISBN: 0323030211
- Corbett, J.V. (2004) Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures with nursing diagnoses (6th ed.) Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey ISBN: 0-13-049369-4

Drug Reference

- British National Formulary (latest edition) British Medical Association and the royal Pharmeceutical Society of Great Britain
- Skidmore-Roth L. (latest edition0 Mosby’s 200- Nursing Drug Reference Mosby, U.S.A.

Pathophysiology

- Chang (2005) Pathophysiology applied to nursing Mosby, Australia ISBN 0729537439
- Gould, B.E. (2006) Pathophysiology for the health professions. W.B. Saunders, USA. ISBN: 1416002103

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture and Independent Study

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Resit Availability Weighting
Examination (2 Hours) Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Charles Savona Ventura

 
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the study-unit description above applies to the academic year 2012/3, if study-unit is available during this academic year, and may be subject to change in subsequent years.
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Applications for Summer Work Phase Scheme

Applications for the summer work phase scheme are now available. A copy of the application form can be accessed through the following link.

Faculty of Health Sciences students should submit their application to their Departmental Secretary (rather than to the KSU) by not later than the 17 May 2013. 
 
 

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