NPCH2032 Managing Acute Changes in Health Status (Child field)

Content for ALL Fields: Clinical judgement & decision making Responding to mental and emotional distress including agitation, aggression and challenging behaviour Responding to self-harm and or suicidal ideation Recognising and responding to acute deterioration in physical health status (e.g. sepsis) Breaking significant news Sudden and / or traumatic death Ethical and legal issues in acute care: DNACPR, DOLS Managing risks to vulnerable groups with acute health care needs (e.g. Learning Disability) Human Factors: Safety culture, Debriefing Medicines Management: Safe medicine use. (e.g. drug interactions / reactions including anaphylaxis; recreational drugs; using technology to improve medicines safety; forms of prescribing including PGD) CHILD Field Specific Content: Managing neonatal complex and acute care Managing childrens' pre, peri & post operative care Child and adolescent mental health service provision Children and young people living with eating disorders Self harm in children and young people Managing children’s pain Management of respiratory collapse in childhood Management of sepsis and related infection and infectious diseases in childhood Acute assessment and management: Diabetic ketoacidosis in children Children’s fluid management Acute care settings: managing sudden death Promote, restore and stabilise health status in children Pharmacology of commonly encountered drugs SKILLS to include: Responding to physiological deterioration Therapeutic Communication skills Airway management and supporting the at risk patient BLS yr 2 update ECG

Teaching and learning methods

The module is taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches which may include: Lectures Seminars Directed study activities Self-directed Study Technology enhanced learning

Resources & Reading list

Spotting the sick child an educational tool for health care practitioners, to aid in recognition of serious illness in children. Dr Davies F sponsored by Department of Health (2004)CD visual format

Barber P (2012). Further essentials of pharmacology for nurses. 

Macqueen S Bruce EA and Gibson F (2012). The Great Ormond Street Hospital manual of children’s nursing practices. 

Gormley Fleming E and Peate I (2019). Fundamentals of Children's applied Anatomy and Physiology: an essential guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students. 

Thompson M, Hooper C, Laver-Bradbury C & Gale C (2012). Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory and Practice. 

Glasper EA, and Richardson J (2010). Textbook of children’s and young people’s nursing. 

Assessment Strategy

The assessment will test your ability to assess a person's care needs, relate signs and symptoms, identify risk of deterioration and articulate a plan of care.

Formative

Seminar

Summative

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External

Costs associated with this module

Students are responsible for meeting the cost of essential textbooks, and of producing such essays, assignments, laboratory reports and dissertations as are required to fulfil the academic requirements for each programme of study.

In addition to this, students registered for this module typically also have to pay for:

Other

There are no additional costs associated with this module

Please also ensure you read the section on additional costs in the University’s Fees, Charges and Expenses Regulations in the University Calendar available at www.calendar.soton.ac.uk.