Care and Systematic Assessment of the Newborn - HHM3003

Assessment 1: Written plan

Students will be provided with formative feedback on their development in the practice setting and will be able to submit and receive comments on a written plan or short section of their work (up to 500 words).

Written Plan

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

Care and Systematic Assessment of the Newborn – Apprenticeship

HHM3006 - Care and Systematic Assessment of the Newborn – Apprenticeship

<p>This module is designed to strengthen your ability to holistically assess and promote newborn health and wellbeing and promote parent’s confidence in evaluating and meeting their newborn infant’s needs, including infant feeding. You’ll apply fetal and newborn anatomy, physiology and pathology and professional accountability to conduct newborn assessments in the practice setting supported by appropriately qualified health professionals. This includes supporting parents to make informed choices regarding their newborn infant and sensitively sharing the results of assessments, providing the opportunity to build confidence in identifying complications, making appropriate referrals and facilitating care transfer.</p>

NMC (2018) Part 1: Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education
NMC (2018) Part 2: Standards for student supervision and assessment
NMC (2019) Part 3: Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes (2300 curriculum hours in clinical practice over three years)
NMC (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives


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HHM3003 - Care and Systematic Assessment of the Newborn

Care and Systematic Assessment of the Newborn

Propose and initiate appropriate, additional care when newborn complications or risks to health and well-being are detected, using evidence-based decision-making and effective communication strategies.

Critically evaluate the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for midwives to conduct a systematic examination of the newborn, including fetal and newborn physiology and pathology, multi-professional collaboration, promoting parent-newborn relationships and confident parenting.


Critically analyse the influence of policies, professional regulations and ethical factors on the role of the midwife in carrying out a holistic systematic examination of the newborn.

Evaluate their ability to proficiently conduct a holistic systematic assessment of the newborn, considering physiological, psychological, social and spiritual health and well-being.