Postpartum Care for Mother and Neonate Training

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the ability to perform a systematic postpartum assessment of the mother, including vital signs, uterine involution, lochia, and perineal healing.
• Apply evidence-based guidelines to monitor neonatal vital signs, feeding, elimination, and umbilical cord care.
• Evaluate maternal and neonatal risk factors for common postpartum complications such as haemorrhage, infection, and jaundice.
• Implement culturally sensitive health education on breastfeeding, contraception, and postnatal warning signs.
• Design a personalised postpartum care plan that addresses the physical, emotional, and social needs of the mother-neonate dyad.
• Analyze the legal and ethical responsibilities of the healthcare provider in documenting and reporting postpartum findings.

Target Audience

Midwives, enrolled nurses, nursing assistants, and community health workers who provide direct postpartum care in hospital or primary healthcare settings.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, learners must be currently employed or volunteering in a healthcare setting that provides maternal and neonatal care.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners will practice clinical skills in a simulated or clinical setting, including maternal and neonatal assessments, breastfeeding support, and emergency drills. Practicals reinforce theoretical knowledge and ensure competency in essential postpartum care procedures.

Practical Activities

• Maternal Physical Assessment — Learners perform systematic postpartum maternal assessments on mannequins or standardized patients, including vital signs, uterine palpation, and perineal inspection. (6h)
• Newborn Assessment and Care — Learners conduct a head-to-toe newborn assessment, perform cord care, administer vitamin K and eye prophylaxis, and practice safe handling and swaddling. (6h)
• Breastfeeding Support and Latch Assessment — Learners assist mothers with breastfeeding positioning and latch assessment using models or simulated patients, and provide guidance on common challenges. (6h)
• Postpartum Emergency Drills — Learners participate in simulated emergency scenarios: postpartum hemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation, and maternal seizure, practicing team roles and protocols. (6h)
• Integrated Postpartum Care Simulation — Learners manage a comprehensive postpartum scenario from admission to discharge, including assessment, education, and referral, integrating all skills learned. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.