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NMHS20750

Academic Year 2024/2025

Altered Resp & Cardio Function (NMHS20750)

Subject:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Lisa Rogers
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module introduces students to theoretical and empirical knowledge, and associated skills and competencies that underpin the nursing care of persons experiencing alterations in respiratory and cardiovascular health status and/or life processes.

The assessment strategy is comprised of (i) the completion of cardiovascular online scenarios (5%); (ii) individual poster presentation: cardiovacular (45%) and (iii) an end of trimester respiratory MCQ examination (50%). The pass mark for all assessments is 40%.

For the written assignment associated with this module, students are required to support their arguments using evidence. This evidence should be cited in text and appropriately referencing using Harvard referencing style. The use of generative artificial intelligence or other machine learning technology is not permitted.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you will be able to:
1) Compare and contrast the aetiology, pathophysiology and clinical signs/symptoms of persons experiencing the following medical disorders:
- Respiratory: COPD [i.e. asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema] and respiratory infections [i.e. pneumonia, tuberculosis]
- Cardiovascular: Coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, hypertension and peripheral arterial
diseases affecting the aorta and lower limbs
2) Critically discuss the delivery, administration, side-effects, contra-indications and nursing considerations of specific
respiratory/cardiovascular drugs
3) Discuss the systematic and comprehensive assessment of a patient with altered respiratory and cardiovascular health status
and associated diagnostic tests
4) Critically appraise the use of NANDA-I as a decision support framework for respiratory and cardiovascular nursing diagnoses
and identify related nursing outcomes and interventions
5) Critically discuss respiratory/cardiovascular clinical outcome measurement tools used to evaluate the quality and standard of
nursing care:
- Respiratory: Modified Borg Breathlessness Scale, Baseline Dyspnoea Index, CATest
- Cardiovascular: Pain assessment likert scale, New York Heart Association Functional Classification
- NOC: Clinical indicator likert scales
6) Critically discuss the required knowledge and skill necessary to educate patients on the following:
- Nebuliser and Inhaler technique and strategies to promote self-management
- Measurement of peek expiratory flow rates and self-management plans
- Bronchoscopy and Media-steinoscopy and associated pre and post nursing care
- Self-mangagement of their cardiovascular condition e.g. lifestyle modifications required to improve heart health.
7) Differentiate between different types of pneumothoraces and pleural effusions and explain the underlying aetiology and
pathyophysiology.
8) Critically discuss the management of a triple chamber underwater sealed chest drain, including monitoring, interpretation of
chest drain observations and required nursing actions/interventions
9) Critically discuss the diagnostic investigations used to differentiate between cardiovascular conditions

Indicative Module Content:

Cardiovascular content
- Anatomy and physiology of the heart revision
- Cardiovascular disease: the problem
- Cardiovascular assessment and investigations
- Introduction to cardiovascular circulation disorders
- Introduction to conduction disorders of the heart
- Introduction to altered cardiac muscle disorders
- Introduction to altered cardiac valvular and inflammatory disorders
- Introduction to cardiovascular surgery
-NANDA, NOC, NIC and cardiovascular disease
- Introduction to vascular disease
- Introduction to cardiac rehabilitation
- Patient education and cardiovascular disease

Respiratory content
- Ventilation, perfusion, diffusion
-Introduction to respiratory drugs
-Patient education and self-management strategies: Inhalers, nebulisers, peak flow meters
- Restrictive vs obstructive lung diseases.
- Introduction to COPD (i.e., chronic bronchitis, emphysema) and GOLD Guidelines
- Introduction to asthma and GINA Guidelines
- Introduction to respiratory infections: Pneumonia, TB
- Patient education and self-management strategies: inhalers, nebulisers, peak expiratory flow meters
- Respiratory assessment and diagnostic tests
- Respiratory nursing diagnoses & collaborative problems
- Respiratory interventions
- Respiratory outcomes measures and evaluation of care
- Pleural effusion, thoracentesis, chest trauma, pneumothorax, pleurodesis
- Management of a triple chamber chest drain system

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

18

Autonomous Student Learning

70

Lectures

28

Practical

11

Total

127


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A variety of teaching methods are used which include; didactic teaching, questions and answer sessions, quizzes, self assessment and reflection. Theoretical and empirical knowledge delivered in the classroom is applied using problem based scenarios in the clinical skills labs.

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
Participation in Learning Activities: Continuous assessment. Completion of online cardiovascular nursing activities. Week 2 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
5
No
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual poster presentation based on cardiovascular component. Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
45
No
Exam (In-person): MCQ examination. 30 Respiratory Nursing MCQ questions. No negative Marking. End of trimester
Duration:
1 hr(s)
Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
50
No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students are provided an opportunity to engaged with ongoing feedback through Q&A sessions and through the use of formative online quizzes in Brightspace. Feedback on the end of trimester group project will typed into the feedback box in assessments/Brightspace and will be automatically released to all students post the exam boards

Core textbook:
Hinkle, J.L., Cheever, K.H., Overbaugh, K.J. & Brunner, L.S. 2021, Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing, International;Fifteenth; edn, Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia.

Name Role
Ms Eileen Bohan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Siobhan Brereton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Miss Breda Connaughton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Lisa Rogers Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Jenny Sullivan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

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 Thurs 09:00 - 09:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 11 Thurs 09:00 - 09:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Wed 09:00 - 10:50
Autumn Once Off Offering 1 Week(s) - 8 Wed 09:00 - 10:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 11 Wed 14:00 - 15:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 1 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 13:00 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 2 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 13:00 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 3 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 13:00 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 4 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 13:00 - 14:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 5 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 15:00 - 16:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 6 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 15:00 - 16:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 7 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 15:00 - 16:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 8 Week(s) - 10 Wed 15:00 - 16:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 8 Week(s) - 6 Wed 15:00 - 16:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 9 Week(s) - 6, 10 Wed 15:00 - 16:30
Autumn Laboratory Offering 10 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 13:00 - 14:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 11 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 13:00 - 14:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 12 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 13:00 - 14:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 13 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 13:00 - 14:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 14 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 15:00 - 16:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 15 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 15:00 - 16:29
Autumn Laboratory Offering 16 Week(s) - 6, 10 Thurs 15:00 - 16:29