Fundamentals of health and care across the life course

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand health and wellbeing across the lifespan, including the different ways health and wellbeing can be defined.
• Identify principles and concepts that underpin effective communication and relationship management skills for nursing practice across the life course for people with physical health issues mental illness and learning disabilities.
• Understand the importance of early years to development and later life health outcomes.
• Describe models of care that nurses use to meet people's fundamental health and care needs across the life course.

You will explore 4 broad overlapping themes which are interwoven during the delivery of the module: Pre-conception and the first 1,000 days: In this first theme, students will gain the underpinning knowledge to understand the relevance of the first 1,000 days of life to child development and future life and health outcomes. The impact of psychosocial and environmental factors on families ability to create nurturing environments, and the impact this has on attachment, child development, and later life outcomes and opportunities. Fundamental care needs in this life course stage will be identified and the importance of family centered care and partnership working. Childhood and adolescence: During this second theme, students will gain the underpinning knowledge to understand the journey of childhood into adolescence and early adulthood. Students will consider normal development, the importance of independence and risk taking, and health behaviors within this stage of the life course and impact on later life stages. Students will also examine the role of education as a wider determinant of health across the life course. The impact of physical and mental ill health and learning disabilities in this age group will also be considered, as will the impact of social support. Fundamental care needs in this life course stage will be identified and the importance of family centered care and partnership working. Sexual and reproductive health will also be introduced. Working age adult life: During this third theme, students will consider how to work with working age adults to meet diverse and person-centered needs. They will consider the impact of working life as a wider determinant of health alongside the impact of health behaviors in shaping health in this and future life course stages. Partnership working will be explored, alongside a range of communication approaches to support health and general wellbeing. The impact of physical and mental ill health and learning disabilities in this age group will also be considered, as will the impact of social support. Fundamental care needs in this life course stage will be identified and the importance of person centered care and partnership working. Later life: In this last theme, students will explore working with those who are in later life. They will have the opportunity to identify how accumulated advantages and disadvantages across the life course, shape heath and health outcomes in later life. Students will be introduced to multi-morbidity and its complexity, alongside contemporary health challenges such as dementia and frailty that are increasingly experienced in later life, alongside potential changes in functional capacity. The impact of physical and mental ill health and learning disabilities in this age group will also be considered, as will the impact of social support. Fundamental care needs in this life course stage will be identified and the importance of person-centered care and partnership working.

This module will be taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches including: • Lectures • Seminars • Guided independent study

Formative

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

Presentation (Case study)

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

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.