NMHS32860

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, the student will:
1. Discuss the aims and recommendations outlined in the National Emergency Medicine Clinical Strategy Programme in the quest for the provision of safe and quality patient care in Ireland.
2. Evaluate the role of the emergency nurse in caring for patients who present to the emergency department with an acute illness including acute major/minor injuries.
3. Demonstrate appropriate recognition of primary survey components (including identification and management of life or limb threats to the patient by conducting a focused head-to-toe trauma assessment).
4. Appraise the need and importance of completing a secondary survey on a trauma patient.
5. Evaluate the role of teamwork, collaboration, and communication in the efficient and safe clinical processes and practices within the emergency department.

Indicative Module Content:

Disease and treatment related complications of patients attending the ED

Nursing assessment and management of patients attending the ED

Physical and psychosocial support for patients and families attending the ED.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

The Emergency Nursing CPD programme is open to nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in the general division who have achieved a minimum of 6 months of recent post-registration clinical practice. The nurse must be employed in the Emergency Department in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for at least six (6) months before starting the programme. Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of clinical experience within the Emergency Department per month for the duration of the CPD module (24 weeks).

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual feedback provided on all assessments (may be written and/or oral) The purpose of feedback is the promotion of learning for the student. Feedback should be clear, understandable and be structured around goals, criteria and standards.