Midwifery Knowledge 1 - Exam Notes

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Revision notes for Exams. Covering: - Review the historical snapshots of birth and their events which affected midwives and women - Identify which organisation and law regulates health professionals in Australia - Identify midwifery’s own national board and its role in governing midwives and students - Explain what is meant by a ‘competency’; identify Australian competency standards for midwives and who and who developed them - Discuss the philosophy of midwifery and its concepts - ACM Philosophy - What is meant by the term midwife - Identify the principles of Primary Health Care and how they relate to midwifery - During the antenatal period explain the role of the midwife, the knowledge the midwife requires to provide screening and education - Nutrition in Pregnancy - Antenatal care to 28 weeks - Identify culturally safe maternity care practices and resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their communities, in urban, rural and remote settings - Apply sound written communication skills - Identify what is meant by communication and the different types - Identify and discuss examples of different models of communication and factors that influence or effect communication - Identify midwifery and health care abbreviations and terminology - Identify some of the most common abbreviations you have encountered in midwifery so far and what is meant by them - Discuss the concepts of lifelong learning. Learning styles, reflections & critical thinking, as they relate to midwifery practice - Explain what is meant by reflection and critical thinking - Describe a model you use for your reflections - Identify the Midwifery Competency that ensures that students and midwives identify their own personal beliefs and why this is important - Discuss the components of effective partnerships and professional relationships - Explain how midwives provide effective partnerships through different models of midwifery care and describe these different models - Explain Cultural Sensitivity, Cultural Safety and Cultural Competence in the context of appropriate intercultural communication - Explain what is meant by cultural sensitivity, cultural safety and cultural competence in different situations - What effect on women has being culturally unsafe during the childbearing period - Describe the process of informed consent and confidentiality for the woman, the student and midwife in clinical practice