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NUR 415 Fundamentals of Midwifery Practice

HND2 levelMedical & Health Sciences15 topics

NUR 415 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. History of midwifery
  2. Ethics of midwifery practice
  3. Norms and standards in midwifery
  4. Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria Act
  5. Functions of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
  6. Inter-sectorial and inter-professional relationships
  7. National and international organizations in midwifery
  8. Ethical and legal issues in midwifery
  9. Patient and midwife rights
  10. Notifiable diseases and HIV/AIDS ethico-legal issues
  11. Midwifery theories and models
  12. Nursing process and standardized nursing language
  13. Primary health care and health-illness continuum
  14. Problem solving and decision making
  15. Quality care in midwifery practice

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

History of midwifery

The history of midwifery traces the evolution of women’s childbirth practices from ancient communal care to modern professionalised midwifery. Mastering this topic equips students to understand the socio‑cultural forces that shaped midwifery roles, the emergence of formal training, and the ongoing challenges in maternal health.

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