Prompt for module Labour and Birth for the Bsc Midwifery Programme:
You must select TWO of the three stages below. Once you select your two stages of labour then select one subject in each stage to discuss.
First stage of labour:
Eating and drinking
OR
Birth environment
Second stage of labour:
Mechanism of birth
OR
Waterbirth
Third stage of labour:
Physiological birth of the placenta
OR
Active management of the third stage
Your answer should include a critical and evidence-based approach to care.
THE STAGES AND SUBJECT WITHIN EACH STAGE THAT I HAVE PICKED ARE:
First stage of labour: Birth environment
Third stage of labour: Active management of the third stage
1. Please watch this video on how to write a literature review: https://youtu.be/ouY2FH0BKkQ
2. Examples of literature reviews:
– Dowswell, T., Renfrew, M.J., Hewison, J. & Gregson, B.A. 2001, “A review of the literature on the midwife and community-based maternity care”, Midwifery, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 93-101.
– Kingwell, E.L., Butt, J. & Leslie, G. 2017, “Maternity high-dependency care and the Australian midwife: A review of the literature”, Women and Birth, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. e73-e77.
– Nagle, C., McDonald, S., Morrow, J., Kruger, G., Cramer, R., Couch, S., Hartney, N., Bryce, J., Birks, M. & Heartfield, M. 2019, “Informing the development midwifery standards for practice: A literature review for policy development”, Midwifery, vol. 76, pp. 8-20.
3. Type it in Times New Roman (Size 12), with double spaced line spacing, leaving margins of 2.5cm at the top, bottom, right and left. Each page should be numbered with page one commencing at the introduction to the assignment. Appendices should be clearly labelled in the text of the main body of the assignment (e.g. appendix 1, appendix 2 etc). In the footer, write “23XXXXXX”. The word count is 1500 words – this includes all words from the introduction to the last word of the conclusion, the reference list and appendices are not included in the word count.
4. Your work should list references used to demonstrate the source of ideas and acknowledge thework of others. Please refer to the UCD Library Harvard referencingguidelines-https://libguides.ucd.ie/academicintegrity/harvardstyle. References will be submitted as a separate document. References should NOT be older than 2010. Avoid referencing internet sites and consider academic and peer reviewed papers or the following books which have pdfs available online:
Johnson, R. And Taylor, W. (2023) Skills for Midwifery Practice. 5th edn. Elsevier.
Marshall, J.E. and Raynor, M.D. (2020)*Myles Textbook for Midwives.*17th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
5. Include role of midwife and use professional language.
6. Remember this module is about the physiological processes of birth. Complex factors are not required. Don’t go off on a tangent.
I have attached the work of a past student who got an A- for a similar assignment, please look at it for guidelines. I have also attached a summary table for any research literature.
