Course Catalogue

Nursing and Advanced Practice

The aim of this module is to build upon ‘developing practice in Child nursing 1’ to further reinforce students’ engagement with knowledge, attitudes, values and skills associated with safe and effective care

Outline Syllabus:The code and professional practice Advanced law, ethics and governance Understanding clinical incidents Raising concerns for professional practice Best practice Inclusivity and rights Self awareness Decision making, best practice, health care technology first aid and incident management medicines management equality diversity, inclusiveness and rights, maintaining a safe environment, nutritional disorders, continence promotion, pregnancy and maternity care (EU requirement) understanding the relationship between physiological and psychological health Developing, implementing and evaluating a care plan Inter-agency working Safeguarding Risk assessment Collaborative working Health promotion in complex health Managing diverse needs Collaborative care/patient and carer role in care Discharge planning Managing the complex patient Clinical supervision Near misses, critical incidents and major incident Risk management, route cause analysis, incident reporting and aversions Patient involvement, user advisory groups, PALS, friends and family tests, influence of patients e.g. culture, nature of illness and disability. Reflective practice

Additional Information:The Academic Assessor will monitor that the student is completing their hours. This includes any practice placement learning and simulated practice learning, in accordance with the students programme plan. Please note that workshop hours as listed in the above contact hours account for simulated theoretical learning, in accordance with NMC standard 3.4