Level 6 (20 credits) Care of the Compromised Baby - Single module
- Part-time study available
- Alternative start dates available
- NHS Funding and bursaries available
- Duration :
Part-time, one semester, intake September and February
3 good reasons to study Care of the Compromised Baby at Salford:
- Develop specialist knowledge, skills and expertise to meet the needs of neonates who require intensive/emergency care
- Foster a deeper understanding of the needs of the family within the context of changing health care provision
- Delivered by subject experts
This course can be taken as a single module for continuing professional development purposes or part of the BSc (Hons) Enhancing Professional Health Care Practice
The module will look at:
- Portfolio development and reflective practice
- Midwifery terminology: pregnancy and neonatal complications
- Antenatal screening: fetal development/abnormalities
- Intrapartum monitoring
- Adaptation at birth: immediate care following birth
- Examination of the newborn
- Physiology and pathological processes of the common causes of neonatal problems requiring special care
- Diagnostic, therapeutic and technical procedures and techniques required in special care
- Resuscitation of the newborn
- Nursing care and management of the low birth weight and sick infant – assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
- Holistic approach to the care of the neonate and family
- Communication: parents and multidisciplinary team