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On completion of this module the student will be able to:
- Describe and critique concepts of health and wellbeing.
- Describe and critique key national and international health promotion concepts, models and policies.
- Discuss and critique lifestyle behaviour change and recommendations in relation to alcohol, nutrition, tobacco, physical activity and mental health and wellbeing.
- Apply and critique Motivational Interviewing theory within the context of working with individuals and families compassionately and sensitively to promote healthy lifestyles in a person centred way.
- Reflect on and evaluate personal values, beliefs and feelings and their impact on health promotion care delivery.
- Discuss safe and essential nursing care delivery for specified specialist settings e.g. community, mental health, midwifery, intellectual disability, child care and emergency department settings.
- Structure clinical research questions aligned to relevant question types and identify and recognize relevant sources of research information and evidence.
Concepts of Health and Well-being.
Concepts, models and approaches to Health Promotion. Key National and International Health Promotion policies e.g. Healthy Ireland, Making Every Contact Count, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
Motivational Interviewing and brief interventions.
Topics: behaviour change, tobacco, physical activity, nutrition, alcohol, mental health and well being.
Safeguarding.
Key nursing care of people in specialist healthcare settings such as child care, mental health, maternity and community settings and for people who have an intellectual disability.
Research: understanding meaning, prognostic and efficacy studies.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Laboratories | 2 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 12 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 75 |
| Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Specialist Settings and Research units MCQ assessment. | Unspecified | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 35 |
| Lab Report: Lab report - completion and submission of 'Motivational Interviewing reflection and debriefing form' after the Motivational Interviewing clinical skills session. | Unspecified | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 5 |
| Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Health Promotion unit MCQ assessment. | Unspecified | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Spring | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities
Self assessment activities - Students can undertake practice MCQ questions enabling them to self-assess their learning before they complete the summative MCQ assessments. Online automated feedback - Students receive provisional grade post MCQ assessment via Brightspace. Group/class feedback, post-assessment - Group feedback will be provided to the class on the Motivational Interviewing reflection and debriefing assessment.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Lisa Rogers | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3 | Fri 11:00 - 12:50 |
| Online Learning | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2 | Fri 14:00 - 15:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 5 | Tues 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 7 | Tues 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 12 | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |
| Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3 | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |
| Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 15:30 - 17:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 15:30 - 17:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 15:30 - 17:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 15:30 - 17:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 12 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Laboratory | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 5 | Wed 13:30 - 15:00 |