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NMHS10520

Academic Year 2024/2025

Nursing Fundamentals (NMHS10520)

Subject:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Regina Joye
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The aim of this module is to assist students to develop cognitive, affective and motor dimensions to care for adults in a complex health environment. Compassion, knowledge, advocacy communication, commitment and competence are highly valued by patients and their families. These attributes promote health, recovery and comfort, making an essential contribution to positive healthcare experiences. Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns facilitates an assessment that focuses on patients’ and families’ problems and functional status and applies clinical manifestations to interpret deviations from the patient’s usual pattern.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

• Analyse and apply the importance of infection control and prevention in a health care environment

• Analyse Gordon’s functional health patterns framework – Skin- intimate care, SSKIN pressure area management, waterlow measurement, incontinence associated dermatitis. Nutrition and metabolism, MUST tool and intake and output, elimination- urinary and bladder- Bristol Tool.

• Assess and reflect how the nursing process provides a comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient based on NADA Nursing Diagnosis classification.

• Describe and integrate methods of measuring, recording and documentation of clinical observations using the early warning score (EWS) and clinical reasoning tool ISBAR in structuring and standardizing communication.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

96

Lectures

32

Small Group

2

Tutorial

4

Practical

20

Laboratories

1

Total

155


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Interactive Large Group Teaching
Interactive Weekly Simulated Clinical Laboratories
HSELand Certification
Quizzes
Group work - Concept Map Presentation

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): End of Term Multiple Choice Question End of trimester
Duration:
1 hr(s)
Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
55
No
Reflective Assignment: Two reflective assignments - Eating and Drinking and Urinalysis Week 11 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
No
Quizzes/Short Exercises: Continuous assessment - H Se Lands Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 8 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
25
No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Reading List - available in student manual

Name Role
Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Joanna O'Neill Tutor
Ms Michaela Schumann Tutor

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 Mon 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 12 Mon 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Wed 14:00 - 15:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 1 Week(s) - 10 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 1 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 2 Week(s) - 10 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 2 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 2 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 2 Week(s) - 9 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 3 Week(s) - 10 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 3 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 3 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 3 Week(s) - 9 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 4 Week(s) - 10 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 4 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 4 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 4 Week(s) - 9 Mon 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 5 Week(s) - 10 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 5 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Practical Offering 5 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 5 Week(s) - 9 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 6 Week(s) - 10 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 6 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Practical Offering 6 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 6 Week(s) - 9 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 7 Week(s) - 10 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 7 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Practical Offering 7 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 7 Week(s) - 9 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 8 Week(s) - 10 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 8 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Practical Offering 8 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 8 Week(s) - 9 Mon 15:00 - 16:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 9 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 9 Week(s) - 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Practical Offering 9 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 9 Week(s) - 9 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 10 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 10 Week(s) - 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Practical Offering 10 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 10 Week(s) - 9 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 11 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 11 Week(s) - 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Practical Offering 11 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 11 Week(s) - 9 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 12 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 12 Week(s) - 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Practical Offering 12 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Small Group Offering 12 Week(s) - 9 Tues 11:00 - 12:20
Autumn Laboratory Offering 13 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 13 Week(s) - 12 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 13 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 13 Week(s) - 9 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 14 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 14 Week(s) - 12 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 14 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 14 Week(s) - 9 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 15 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 15 Week(s) - 12 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 15 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 15 Week(s) - 9 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 16 Week(s) - 10, 11 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 16 Week(s) - 12 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Practical Offering 16 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 16 Week(s) - 9 Tues 13:30 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 1 Week(s) - 13 Mon 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 2 Week(s) - 13 Mon 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 4 Week(s) - 13 Mon 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 5 Week(s) - 13 Mon 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 6 Week(s) - 13 Mon 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 9 Week(s) - 13 Tues 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 10 Week(s) - 13 Tues 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 11 Week(s) - 13 Tues 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 12 Week(s) - 13 Tues 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 13 Week(s) - 13 Tues 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 14 Week(s) - 13 Tues 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 15 Week(s) - 13 Tues 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 16 Week(s) - 13 Tues 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 17 Week(s) - 13 Tues 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 18 Week(s) - 13 Tues 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 20 Week(s) - 13 Tues 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 21 Week(s) - 13 Mon 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 22 Week(s) - 13 Mon 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 23 Week(s) - 13 Mon 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 24 Week(s) - 13 Mon 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 25 Week(s) - 13 Mon 13:30 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 27 Week(s) - 13 Tues 11:00 - 12:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 28 Week(s) - 13 Mon 12:00 - 13:00
Autumn Laboratory Offering 31 Week(s) - 13 Mon 12:00 - 13:00