Module Duration: 2
Credit:23
Grading Basis: 100:0
Price (AFRICA)::0.00€
Price (INT)::0.00€
Module Option: Compulsory

Aims

• To introduce the knowledge and skills to promote and provide effective, safe, evidence-based care
• To introduce the development of effective diagnostic and decision-making skills to aid the assessment and delivery of nursing care for individuals across the lifespan, experiencing a spectrum of physical and mental health care needs
• To prepare autonomous, accountable, graduate nurses who practice within professional codes and ethico-legal frameworks to provide safe and effective nursing care underpinned by professional attitudes that value the human rights and dignity of service users.

Learning Outcomes

• (LO1) Demonstrate a range of observational, recording and reporting skills
• (LO2) Meet the local mandatory training requirements
• (LO3) Demonstrate the knowledge and fundamental skills involved in meeting hygiene, nutrition, and elimination needs
• (LO4) Demonstrate a range of nursing skills and procedures used in the safe administration of medicines
• (LO5) Describe the basic principles of infection control
  • (LO6) Demonstrate the principles of asepsis
  • (S1) Information skills - Information accessing:[Locating relevant information] [Identifying and evaluating information sources]
  • (S2) Improving own learning/performance - Record-keeping
  • (S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Following instructions/protocols/procedures
  • (S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Problem identification
  • (S5) Working in groups and teams - Group action planning
  • (S6) Information skills - Record-keeping
  • (S7) Numeracy/computational skills - Reason with numbers/mathematical concepts
  • (S8) Personal attributes and qualities - Initiative

Enrollment Information

First Semester