NMHS32980

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this clinical module the student should be able to:

Actively participate under the indirect supervision of the midwife in assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating the provision of safe and evidence-based care for a caseload of women and their babies and be able to provide a rationale for this.

Participate with the midwife in the assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluation of safe and evidence-based care to women experiencing a complex pregnancy, labour, birth or postnatal period

Work in partnership with the woman and her family and establish relationship of trust and confidentiality

Demonstrate holistic approaches to care and integration of knowledge in midwifery care setting.

Communicate and collaborate with women, women’s families and with the multidisciplinary healthcare team

Work within the scope of practice of a midwifery student at this phase and recognise own level of knowledge and professional behaviours

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) as Registered General Nurse and Student Midwife Candidate is required

Students must successfully complete NMHS32990 Clinical Practice B (HDM) they are permitted to attend the clinical site for clinical placement for this module.

The placement is assessed by clinical preceptors using a clinical assessment documents over a 12 week period. 'Week' means the standard working week in hours, being applied to students of midwifery by their health care institution at any given time during the programme (NMBI, 2017).

This module is delivered over more than one trimester (UCD Academic Regulations 2019-2020, Section 3.5).

This module is part of the essential clinical requirements for professional registration. The student must pass all three individual clinical placements and complete all clinical time associated with that placement before a pass grade can be awarded for the module.

The student must maintain a record of their clinical experiences as outlined by EU Directive 2005/36/EC and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2016).

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students are provided both formal and informal feedback by their preceptors at intervals throughout the clinical placement. Where a student is having significant difficulties in meeting standards during a clinical placement or, where a student is unsuccessful in their clinical assessment then a protocol is enacted. This protocol outlines the events and actions that should take place in these circumstances and this includes details relating to providing feedback.