This module’s content is currently under review and is therefore no longer available.

This module is primarily intended for maternity support workers working at Level 4 (first stage of higher education study) but will also be of interest to other MSWs and student midwives. The module is designed to help maternity support workers develop an understanding of thermoregulation of the newborn. It aims to help your clinical practice by underpinning it with a theoretical ‘evidence-based’ framework.  It covers:

• An introduction to thermoregulation
• Heat loss and gain
• Methods of providing thermal stability
• The MSW’s role
• The warm chain
• How to take a temperature

Study time: 2 hours

Original content: January 2013