Course Catalogue

Nursing and Advanced Practice

Reinforce students engagement with a range of values, attitudes and skills that underpin safe and effective clinical practice

Outline Syllabus:Understanding professional practice and maintaining self-health Recognising vulnerability yourself and others and supporting to minimise risks to health The importance of a healthy lifestyle to maintain wellbeing to meet peoples needs for mental and physical care Understanding how evidence informs patient care Critical thinking to inform evidence based practice decisions Resilience Emotional intelligence Understanding routine, complex and challenging situations How to provide emotional and physical support for a person in all stages of their life Managing appropriate relationship Continuous reflection in practice, and seeking feedback Effective and proactive contribution in the interdisciplinary team Professionalism and ambassadorial skills for the nursing profession Clinical observation and assessment Working with others & Service user engagement, Admission & discharge planning Communication and healthcare informatics Compassion and dignity and emotional support . Safeguarding Autonomy, independence and self-care Activities of Daily Living: Eating, drinking, nutrition and hygiene, comfort and sleep, elimination Pain management Skin health / wound management Infection prevention and control. Numeracy Venepuncture dietetics Signs symptoms in MH conditions and diagnostic manuals Problem Formulation in MH Understudying the patient perspective Health vulnerability Introduction to pharmacological and psychological interventions in MH

Module Overview:
Within this module, you will understand how the policy environment shapes the care that healthcare professionals deliver.

Additional Information:The Academic Assessor will monitor that the student has completed 450 practice hours. This includes any practice placement learning and simulated practice learning, in accordance with the students programme plan. These hours are not included in the total module hours but are noted within the module proforma for university monitoring and progression purposes. In addition to the contact hours above there are 160 private study hours. 99 hours are guided, this includes online and assessment preparation. Online hours are e-learning. 61 hours are independent study Please note that workshop hours account for simulated theoretical learning, in accordance with NMC standard 3.4