Program Details

Midwifery

Entry requirements:

  • Successful completion of a General Nursing Programme from a recognized School of Nursing.
  • Current license to practice as a registered nurse in St. Kitts & Nevis.

 

PROGRAMME HOURS

MODULES

HOURS

 

Theory

Clinical

Total

Module I: Introduction to Midwifery

95

28

123

Module II: Pre-Conceptual Counseling and Education in the Promotion of Reproductive Health

95

100

195

Module III: Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology

95

30

125

Module IV: Foetal Development

95

130

225

Module V: Changes and Adaptation in Pregnancy

95

126

221

Module VI: Problems Associated with Pregnancy

95

153

248

Module VII: Normal Labour and Delivery

100

206

306

Module VIII: Challenges of Pregnancy, labour and Delivery

100

203

303

Module IX:  The Puerperium

95

153

248

Module X: The Newborn baby

90

163

253

Module XI: Problems Associated with the Newborn

95

143

238

Total Programme Hours

 1050

  1435

 2485