This course focuses on the midwife role during puerperium. It focuses on care and management of women immediately after birth and during puerperium. It is also concerned with immediate physiological and psychological care of the newborn. It discusses normal puerperium. Actions and management as well as abnormal puerperium and emergencies. The student midwife will be able to provide appropriate assessment and holistic care of the mother and her baby during puerperium
