Child and Family Health Assessment 1

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Effective Term: 2025/05
Institute / School :Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Unit Title: Child and Family Health Assessment 1
Unit ID: HEALM6301
Credit Points: 15.00
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Co-requisite(s): Nil
Exclusion(s): Nil
ASCED: 060303
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Brief description of the Unit

This unit is designed to provide students with the foundational theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to support entry into supervised clinical experience in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) community settings. It builds on and enhances knowledge and practical skills students have gained from their previous professional nursing and midwifery practice. The focus of this unit is engaging with families and working together to promote child health and family wellbeing. This will be facilitated by assessment and intervention for child health and developmental issues as well as assessment of maternal and family wellbeing, including support and referral for early parenting concerns

Grade Scheme: Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)
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Placement Component: No
Supplementary Assessment:Yes
Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment
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5678910
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The ANMAC National Accreditation Standards for the Midwife (2014); NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice (2018); NMBA Code of Conduct for the Midwife (2018), Code of Ethics for the Midwife (2014), NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016); NMBA Code of Conduct for nurses (2018, Code of Ethics for nurses (2012) and Maternal and Child Health Service Standards (2010) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit. Maternal and child health conceptual frameworks as they relate to the structure and methods of child health and developments assessments and interventions Assessment of normal child developmental and maternal and family wellbeing. Identification and intervention for childhood developmental issues and concerns affecting maternal and family wellbeing Developmental stages. Monitoring and managing growth of children between birth and 6 years of age. Indication for and use of primary and secondary screening tools, for example Brigance Screening PEDs screening Legal, professional and ethical codes, frameworks and guidelines. Communicating effectively with families and with other health professionals. Developmental and family centred practice. Key parenting concerns and management Sleep, Safe sleep and settling, Age-appropriate play and behaviour Childhood safety in the home, on the roads and in vehicles, around pets Allergies and eczema. Mertil training.

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