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NS4007 - Pharmacology for Midwives
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
The focus of this subject is to prepare the future graduate midwife with sufficient knowledge of legislation, policy, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics to safely and effectively work within maternity service drug therapy protocols.
Learning Outcomes
- apply knowledge of the Drug Therapy Protocol: Midwives (Queensland Government, 2016) or equivalent in planning care for mother and baby;
- critically analyse the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of medicines used in maternity care in Australia;
- demonstrate the principles of quality use of medicines across the pregnancy continuum;
- demonstrate the application of the NMBA (2006) National Competency Standards for the Midwife in relation to the use of medicines across the pregnancy continuum.
Subject Assessment
- end of semester exam (50%)
- viva (20%)
- essays (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements
Examinations may be scheduled outside regular university examination period - refer to Clinical Ladder.
| Prerequisites: | NS4003 AND NS4004 AND NS4320 AND NS4101 |
| Corequisites: | NS4340 AND NS4008 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Mrs Gillian Harris, Mrs Michelle McElroy |
| Lecturers: | Dr Marie McAuliffe, Mrs Gillian Harris, Mrs Michelle McElroy. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.