NMHS32430 Theoretical and Clinical Nursing Care related to Specialised Patient Groups within the ICU.

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module is designed to enhance the students theoretical knowledge and nursing practice skills in the therapeutic and holistic nursing care of specialised groups of critically ill patients in the Blackrock Clinic Intensive Care Unit. The module will focus on the principles and practice of Intensive Care nursing related to the care of the patients post major surgery, general medical conditions and the management of advanced haemodynamic monitoring and therapeutic modalities. Students will explore the specialist nursing management required to care for patients and their families who require prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU).)

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate awareness of the evidence - based theory that underpins the care of the intensive care patient in the Blackrock
Clinic Intensive Care Unit.
2. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a comprehensive physical assessment on the critically ill patient for the purposes of
planning nursing care
3. Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic, patient - centred nursing care .
4. Demonstrate competence in the technical skills required in the management of the intensive care patient.
5. Demonstrate the capacity to apply critical thinking when managing a patient who has respiratory compromise and is
haemodynamically unstable.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

46
Autonomous Student Learning

180
Total

250
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures by clinical experts
Case-based learning
Active/task-based learning
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Care Plan Unspecified n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% No

60
Continuous Assessment: Clinical Practice Apprasial Unspecified n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% Yes

40

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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive feedback within 20 working days (Mon-Fri) of assessment submission.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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