3000 word Essay 50% weighting (contributes to LO's 1 - 4)
1hour examination 50% weighting (contributes to LO's 1 - 4)

Both elements of assessment must be passed

Additional Assessment Details / Formative assessment:
MCQ; Mock examination
Group tutorials and discussions
Formative advice and feedback

Effective midwifery practice: role of the midwife in promoting neonatal health and wellbeing; developing and evaluating knowledge of public health relating to neonatal care; theory of neonatal examination; anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the neonate; clinical skills relating to the examination and care of the neonate; care and management of the sick neonate (including congenital disorders and birth defects); family's needs reflecting social and cultural perspectives; feeding requirements of preterm and extremely preterm infant; Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI); neonatal resuscitation; national strategic contemporary documents

Professional, legal and ethical practice: practice in accordance with NMC standards, professional, legal and ethical frameworks relating to neonatal health; theory in relation to safeguarding issues and the neonate

Developing the individual midwife and others: communication skills in dealing with mothers and their families' with a sick neonate; effective collaborative and multiagency working in relation to neonatal care

Achieving care through evaluation and research: application and evaluation of evidence based practice relating to neonatal care

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (70)
25 hours Key Lectures
25 hours Interactive group lectures and tutorials
15 hours Problem based learning
5 hours Skills laboratory

Guided Independent Study: (80)
70 hours Reading and assessment preparation
10 hours E-learning

PC and projector
Computers for student access
Smart Board
Library
Internet and Intranet
Blackboard Academic Suite
NMC Publications
Strategic Policies
Clinical Placements; Service-users: Interprofessional education
Advanced Neonatal Practitioner

DAVIES, L. MCDONALD, S. (2008) Examination of the Newborn and Neonatal Health: A Multidimensional Approach. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
MEEKS, M, HALLSWORTH, M. & YEO, H. (Eds.) (2010) Nursing the Neonate 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester.
SINIL, S. MIALL, L. & JARDINE, L. (2012) Essential Neonatal Medicine 5th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell: Chicester.
STABLES, D. RANKIN, J. (Eds.) (2010) Physiology in Childbearing 3rd Edition, Elsevier: London.

Enrolment on the Masters/Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery Practice
NMC Register Adult nurse, level 1
Honours degree