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On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1.) Understand the philosophy of Child and Family Centred Care, and its role in the delivery of holistic children's nursing care.
2.) Recognise and meet the fundamental needs of infants, children, young people and their families, developing a holistic approach to nursing care ensuring confidentiality, privacy, respect and dignity.
3.) Identify age and developmentally appropriate communication, incorporating children's and young people's individuality.
4.) Demonstrate the ability to accurately assess, document and appropriately interpret infant, children and young people’s vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pain) using the Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) documentation.
5.) Establish team working skills with creative problem solving applied to real-life clinical scenarios.
Introduction to Child and Family Centred Care
Health and safety in a children’s clinical environment
Introduction to the Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS)
Introduction to the ISBAR communication tool
Assessment and management of airway and breathing in infants and children
Assessment and management of circulation in infants and children
Assessment and management of disability and exposure
Assessment and management of hygiene, skin care and elimination needs
Assessment and management of pain in Infants and Children
Supporting Infant feeding
Weight, height and centile measurement
Child Welfare and Protection
Child appropriate communication
Challenges when providing nursing care for children - e.g. consent, decision making, social context
Understanding the role and responsibilities of the 1st year Children's & General Student Nurse in a pediatric healthcare setting.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 18 |
Small Group | 1 |
Laboratories | 13 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 90 |
Online Learning | 3 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Practical Examination: Students undertake an Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCA) through simulation. Students will be assessed on either respiratory or cardiac assessment of an infant, child or young person. | Week 12 | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | Yes | 20 |
Presentation: A recording of a Power Point presentation to discuss one core children’s nursing task, under headings of nursing principles, child and family considerations, implementation of task & documentation. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 80 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Students will receive formative feedback on nursing skills during each clinical skills laboratory session. Students will be provided individual feedback during a clinical skills laboratory session to prepare for the OSCE. OSCE result will be relayed to individual students, and individual feedback made available online through Brightspace. Assignment rubric will be available on Brightspace for the correction of individual PowerPoint presentations. Additional online feedback, in tandem with the assignment rubric, will be provided to students online through Brightspace.
Name | Role |
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Mrs Martina Kennedy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Linda Farren | Tutor |
Ms Michaela Schumann | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 10, 11 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 5 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 4 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 6 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 7 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 9 | Tues 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 12 | Tues 11:00 - 11:50 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 12 | Tues 09:00 - 10:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 11 | Tues 11:00 - 12:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 5, 7, 10 | Tues 11:00 - 12:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 11 | Tues 13:30 - 14:59 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 5, 7, 10, 12 | Tues 13:30 - 14:59 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 5 | Tues 15:00 - 16:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 7, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 15:00 - 16:29 |
Practical | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 13 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 4 | Tues 13:30 - 14:59 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 6 | Tues 13:30 - 14:59 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 9 | Tues 13:30 - 14:59 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 13 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 4 | Tues 15:00 - 16:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 6 | Tues 15:00 - 16:29 |
Clinical Skills Labs | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 9 | Tues 15:00 - 16:29 |