Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Public and Allied Health
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6128PCCOMM-JAN-CTY
6128PCCOMM-SEP-CTY
Aims
This module will build on the specialist knowledge acquired in Contemporary SCPHN practice part 1. It will enable the student to develop their knowledge and abilities in SCPHN practice.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Assessing and evaluating practice.
Measuring outcomes
Public health approaches to service development
Ethical dilemmas in contemporary practice
Critical review of public health policy
A leadership approach to service development
Strengths based working and supporting theories; such as self-efficacy theory, self-determination theory.
Engagement of individuals, families and communities
Analysing reflective skills in practice
Professional values and behaviours - 6Cs. Professional responsibility, accountability
confidentiality, legislation and record keeping.
Nurse Prescribing (V100):
1. Consultation, decision-making and therapy, including referral;
2. Influences on, and psychology of, prescribing;
3. Prescribing in a team context;
4. Clinical pharmacology, including the effects of co-morbidity;
5. Evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to nurse prescribing;
6. Legal, policy and ethical aspects;
7. Professional accountability and responsibility;
8. Prescribing in the public health context
Module Overview:
In this module you are required and facilitated to extend your theoretical learning to apply to your own core settings/clients, and this is reflected in your assignments. In addition there are route specific sessions with a health visitor or school nurse. The module continues to provide a theoretical foundation to your practice as well as enabling practitioners to develop innovative and creative practice.
In this module you are required and facilitated to extend your theoretical learning to apply to your own core settings/clients, and this is reflected in your assignments. In addition there are route specific sessions with a health visitor or school nurse. The module continues to provide a theoretical foundation to your practice as well as enabling practitioners to develop innovative and creative practice.
Additional Information:This module will continue to provide a theoretical foundation to SCPHN practice and enable practitioners to develop innovative and creative practice.
In this module students are required and facilitated to extend their theoretical learning to apply to their own core settings / clients, and this is reflected in their assignments. In addition there are route specific sessions with a health visitor or school nurse focus.
The Practice Evidence Tool must be passed in order to pass this module.
This module includes community practitioner prescribing which is assessed by an exam. The pass mark is 80%, however the numeracy questions must score 100%. Additionally, if any answers suggest risking the patient’s health, the exam will be marked as a fail. The prescribing competences in the V100 Practice Competency Framework Document must also be passed. The prescribing element of this module is graded as pass / fail.
Learning Outcome for V100 Nurse Prescribing
Practice within a framework of professional accountability and responsibility to apply and display knowledge of drug action in prescribing practice to provide a rationale to support the decision making process in safe, appropriate and cost-effective prescribing within area of individual practice.
Assessments
Competency
Essay