High Acuity Care Across the Lifespan (Level 6)

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Examine the psychosocial needs of the patient with high acuity care needs and their significant others.
• Evaluate relevant evidence underpinning the management and recovery of high acuity patient care.
• Demonstrate an understanding of physiological responses presenting in a range of conditions.
• Explore the professional complexities of managing patient care across high acuity settings
• Apply the principles of holistic assessment, assessment tools and the use of technology in the care of patients with high acuity needs.

High acuity patient care is increasing and demand for staff to upskill their knowledge and skills to fulfil and deliver high quality care is required to provide more integrated care services. A key feature of NHS England (2014) is to instigate changes to more traditional models of acute care, meaning current areas of care may be disbanded as services across provisions become more integrated. This means health care professionals may have to work more collegiately and differently (The Royal College Paediatric and Child Health, 2014; NHS, 2014).Therefore this module offers health care professionals working from a range of care settings the unique opportunity to explore, across the lifespan, high acuity care needs of patients.

The syllabus will enable you to learn about:

Principles of holistic assessment and assessment tools

Use of technology in high acuity care

Patient management and recovery care needs

Physiological responses due to different conditions

Psychosocial needs

Professional/legal/ethical complexities

Teaching and learning methods

The teaching is centred upon an andragogical teaching theory (Knowles 1990) which recognises that individuals have different learning styles. Therefore, this module provides a range of methods and self-directed study to enhance your learning experience - both inside and outside the classroom. In addition, the module offers a unique opportunity to share and discuss clinical issues, experiences and views with other practitioners, to enable you to develop/enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This will prepare you to consider working differently and collegiately to meet these new challenges.

Teaching methods will include

• Scenario’s
• Lectures,
• Seminars/group discussions,

An interactive blackboard site provides access to lecture notes, current evidence, interactive learning tools and relevant websites. You will be expected to engage with the electronic material in preparation for group activities and individual tasks to support your learning during timetabled sessions.

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Moving care to the community: an international perspective.

Journal Articles

EKim A (2018). The post-intensive care syndrome in children. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, (September).

Kean S, Smith GD (2014). Surviving critical illness:Intensive care and beyond. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23.

Textbooks

Cockett A and Day H. Children's High Dependency Nursing.

Moore T and Woodrow A. High Dependency Nursing Care.

Dixon M, Crawford D, Teasdale D, Murphy J. Nursing the Highly Dependent child or infant.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External