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On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate appropriate use of interpersonal skills (initiating interactions, questioning, active listening and responding, limited self-disclosure, therapeutic presence, challenging, facilitative and authoritative interventions) and the concept of recovery and strengths-based approach to mental health nursing.
2. Demonstrate the skill of assessing service users' physical, psychological and social needs, reporting and recording same.
3. Demonstrate knowledge and principles underpinning medication administration as a core component of medication management.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of holistic, person-centered and trauma-informed care as a collaborative and respectful means of therapeutic intervention.
5. Demonstrate ability to critically reflect on the nursing student caring response to service users with a mental illness.
Further develop knowledge and skill in relation to the care of the person diagnosed with a mental health disorder (Anxiety, Depression, Mood/Bipolar disorders, Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders)
Review and enhancement of communication skills including more advanced communication skills such as supportive challenging/confronting and reflection
Nursing interventions and approaches for mental health nursing including nursing values, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented approaches to care
A unit on medication administration (Oral)
Lecture on Adverse Childhood Experiences and their potential impact
Clinical skill work on interventions relative to the above with a focus on meeting a person's nutritional and hygiene needs, establishing rapport, motivation, using empathy.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Practical | 12 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 32 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 57 |
| Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment: 5% allocation of final grade for in-class participation x 5 classes across the module as a continuous assessment with a total allocation of 25% of for active participation in the classroom setting. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
| Presentation: Submit via Brightspace a 6 minute self-recorded video presentation of you giving a handover based on the given scenario as per instructions provided | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 50 |
| Project: Submit a Concept map/Mindmap based on the provided scenario indicating care issues, nursing interventions/skills required, treatment options and legislation | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 25 |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
When you have completed your Concept Map you will receive individualised feedback via Brightspace that you can adopt to guide you in the preparation of your video. This feedback will include a nominal grade for your Concept Map component that is weighted at 25%. Please note that all grades are preliminary and may be subject to change until approved and ratified by the Examination Board.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mrs Sandra Connell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Timothy Frawley | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Ms Corina Murphy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Ms Joanna O'Neill | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 26 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25 | Mon 14:00 - 16:50 |
| Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 27 | Mon 14:00 - 16:50 |
| Practical | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25 | Mon 15:00 - 16:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25, 26 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 27 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25 | Tues 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 26 | Tues 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 27 | Tues 14:00 - 15:50 |