Maternity Elective
Welcome to the Maternity Elective of NRSG315, Nursing 6, at ACU North Sydney. This Unit enables students to learn about Maternity care and links in to a clinical attached to a maternity setting. The unit initially covers normal childbirth. In the first four weeks the focus is on normal pregnancy, normal birth, the normal neonate and the normal puerperium. The final 3 weeks will explores variation from normal childbirth. The unit builds on knowledge and experience gained by students during the previous two years of the Bachelor of Nursing Degree. In all seven weeks of this unit there will be a 1 hour tutorial (either Wednesday 9 – 10 in Room A2 or 10 – 11 in Room A2), a two hour laboratory (either Wednesday 3 – 5pm or 5 – 7pm in the 3rd floor Nursing Labs) and a two hour workshop (programmed either Monday 8 – 10 and 10 – 12md in room C3.1 but self directed). Tutorial, laboratory, and workshop information is available separately. The workshops are self directed and work related to these forms part of the assessment marks for the maternity elective section of Nursing 6.
Maternity Elective Assessment Activities
Weighting = 35% of the Total for Nursing 6
Activity 1
Academic Essay = 25 Marks
Length = 1500 words
Topic:
A friend of yours is 12 weeks pregnant and is looking at her options of where she can have her baby in the Sydney Metropolitan area. She and her partner are considering a home birth and she asks you what do you think? Research your answer and write a written evidenced based response discussing your findings.
To assist in answering this question you may wish to consult the review in the Cochrane Library.
Olsen O, Jewell MD. Home versus hospital birth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1998, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD000352. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD000352. (Students can obtain this article through the Cochrane database at the ACU library).
There is no right or wrong answer. Marks will be allocated primarily for your evidence-based support of your answer. Databases should be used to find articles to state your case. Thus you need to search the journals. Please keep in mind that articles obtained through 'Google' searches may not be evidenced based.
Your essay must include:
- Introduction
- Body –contains referenced facts that support your answer
- Conclusion
- In-Text Referencing and a Reference List identifying references used in the essay (APA guidelines)
A copy of the Assessment Marking Guide and an Assessment Cover Sheet are attached to the maternity outline.
This essay will be due in Week 5, Wednesday 22nd August, 2007 at your normal tutorial time (either 9 or 10am). The essay isto be handed to your tutor.
Activity 2
Workshop Activities = 10 Marks
All students enrolled in the Maternity Elective of Nursing 6 are expected to do two hours of self directed workshop activities per week. There are no formal face-to-face classes for these workshops. One of the activities students will be required to attend is a 3 hour Maternity Class held at the Mater Hospital, North Sydney. Activity answers need to be recorded in a workbook. See the workshop activities information sheet for more details. The workbook will be handed in to your tutor for marking in normal tutorial time in Week 7, Wednesday 5th September, 2007.
Maternity Placement objectives are available on the VHE.
Your Support Network
If you need to communicate with the Maternity Elective lecturers our contact details are:
Name: Jane Allnutt
Address: Room 309 (3rd Floor) 8-10 Berry St
Phone: 97392041
Email: jane.allnutt@acu.edu.au
Name: Troy McNeill
Address: Room 320 (3rd Floor) 8-10 Berry St
Phone: 97392434
Email: troy.mcneill@acu.edu.au
We hope that your experiences are both rewarding and challenging.
Regards
Jane & Troy
