NPCH2032 Managing Acute Changes in Health Status (Child field)
Module Overview
In this module you will build on your previous learning so that you can prioritise and respond to the changing levels of support that people require when their health status changes. You will develop your ability to manage and evaluate care across healthcare settings to promote, restore and stabilise health status
Aims and Objectives
Module Aims
To develop your skills to plan, manage and evaluate interventions that enable you to respond in a safe, timely and effective manner when people's health status changes.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Discuss the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake a prioritised assessment of people who are experiencing an acute change in health status
- Explain how clinical judgement and decision making skills are important aspects of managing nursing care
- Justify nursing responses to acute changes in health status using evidence based interventions
- Identify, prioritise and respond to risk factors that may lead to deterioration in health status
Syllabus
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
Learning and Teaching
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
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Clinical Practice | 40 |
| Seminar | 6 |
| Teaching | 32 |
| Independent Study | 85.5 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 14 |
| Total study time | 187.5 |
Resources & Reading list
Barber P (2012). Further essentials of pharmacology for nurses.
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.
Macqueen S Bruce EA and Gibson F (2012). The Great Ormond Street Hospital manual of children’s nursing practices.
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
Assessment
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
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Modified Essay Questions (MEQs) | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External
Costs
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.