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School:
School of Human and Health Sciences
Credit Rating:
15
Level (including FHEQ):
M (FHEQ Level 7)
Graded or Non Graded:
Graded
Version Valid From:
2021-01-01
Module Leader:
Cara Seston
Version Number
2024.01
Learning Methods
Seminar
Lecture
Practical Classes and Demonstrations
Guided Independent Study
Professional Body Requirements
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Synopsis
This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in stage one and two. You will have the opportunity to expand your range of assessment skills and apply them under minimum supervision whilst managing and coordinating the care of adults with a range of conditions varying in complexity and in … For more content click the Read More button below.
Learning Strategy
Learning will utilise a range of activities, comprising asynchronous materials to support a range of synchronous online and on-campus seminars, lectures and practical classes. Also, students will develop nursing skills and proficiencies through online/live practical classes (simulation). Within this, a transformative learning approach will enable students to reflect on their … For more content click the Read More button below.
Outline Syllabus
Being an accountable professional• Effective communication with people and their relatives requiring critical and complex care, and with the teams involved in providing multi-disciplinary care• Procedural skills; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) and advanced airway management, Intra Venus (IV) drug administration, management of devices, Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring … For more content click the Read More button below.
Promoting health and preventing ill health• Enabling and facilitating person involvement in decisions about their care• Critical understanding of altered pathophysiology and associated signs and symptoms of ill health in critical and complex conditions• Improving acute services for people with cognitive care needs
Assessing needs, planning, providing and evaluating care• Systematic assessment, interpretation and management of people presenting with acute deterioration based on early warning scores• Assessment, care and appropriate management of severe acute illnesses including cardiovascular and respiratory compromise (e.g. severe asthma, myocardial infarction, hypovolaemia and sepsis)• Recognising the need to deliver and manage basic and advanced life support (BLS and ALS) care needs in both pre hospital and hospital settings• Therapeutic interventions• Specialist care• Responding to mental or cognitive distress in adults- e.g. suicidal ideation and self-harm• Evaluating assessment and care interventions and adjusting accordingly• Removed Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR)• Working within the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competency Framework, Decision making in medicines management. Medical history taking. Compliance, concordance and adherence. The range of prescriptions that can be generated• Managing adverse drug reactions and drug errors in direct patient care• Drug calculations
Leading and managing nursing care and working in teams• Working in and with teams to improve care delivery. Including multi-disciplinary teams in different settings and specialist teams such as the resuscitation team, pain care team and field specific safeguarding team. In mental health nursing, teams such as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), medication management teams and early intervention teams. In learning disability nursing, behaviour teams, epilepsy and forensic teams. In child nursing, children’s diabetic, epilepsy and respiratory care teams• Prioritising care in unexpected high dependency situations and high volume care areas, ensuring effective skill mix for care delivery• Acting as a role model when delivering high quality nursing interventions
Improving safety and quality of care• Safe and effective and person centred care for people who have co-morbidities and complex care needs’• Ensuring the quality of care delivery across a service• Minimising and managing risk in care delivery for effective and safe care• Managing DNA
Co-ordinating care• Managing complex transfers between services and complex discharge planning and implementation• Coordinating care for groups of adults and adults with co-morbidities• Coordinating safeguarding procedures• Major incident management and consideration of specialist teams.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will
1.
Systematically and critically appraise the signs and symptoms in relation to altered physiology of an adult patient presenting with acute and complex care needs.
2.
Critically and comprehensively appraise and apply evidence-based principles that support safe and effective care and management of adults presenting with acute and complex care needs within and across organisations.
3.
Systematically outline the legal requirements for medicines administration across a range of settings to meet the specific service needs.
4.
Critically evaluate interventions for managing acute care in unpredictable and complex situations, dealing with complex issues systematically and creatively.
5.
Appreciate and expertly apply underlying legal principles to the safe administration of medicines to people in adult care areas.
Formative Assessment
Assessment 1: Practice exam/test
Summative Assessment
Assessment 1: In-Class Test
Assessment 2: In-Class Test
Assessment Criteria
The School generic grading criteria and the learning outcomes will apply.The expectation is that text-based assessment tasks will be submitted via Turnitin®.Identities of individuals and organisations should be anonymised, and confidences respected. Consent should be obtained from individual service users for use of any of their personal health information.Students will … For more content click the Read More button below.