NMHS33170 APSCT

Academic Year 2024/2025

The CPD in APBSCT Nursing is designed to provide the participant with the core nursing skills required to safely, professionally and holistically care for patients’ pre and post APBSCT. On course completion, the participant will be able to demonstrate her/his role in relation to patient-centeredness, patient safety, professional accountability and the need for accurate communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team, patients and their families.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course the participant will be able to:
1. Analyse the holistic nursing assessment of the patient prior to, during and following APBSCT.
2. Describe the safe and effective nursing care of the patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell harvest.
3. Appraise the safe and effective nursing care of the patient pre and post autologous peripheral blood stem cell transfusion.
4. Establish the required effective nursing care to prevent, detect, and manage early and late effects associated with APBSCT.
5. Discuss the safe and effective management of central venous access devices.
6. Appraise the effective nursing care of the patient at the end of life.

Indicative Module Content:

Disease and treatment related complications in patients requiring autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Nursing assessment and management of patients requiring APSCT

Psychological support for patients and their carers.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

8
Specified Learning Activities

96
Autonomous Student Learning

98
Online Learning

48
Total

250
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
E-Learning, videos, skill based workshops, practice quizzes, feedback 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

• Must be Registered General Nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
• Must be employed at St. Vincent's University Hospital
• Must be working in St Anne’s ward or St Anne’s Day Centre
• Must have access to a personal computer or laptop


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Individual Project: Patient Case Presentation n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% Yes

80
Practical Skills Assessment: Assessment of Clinical Competencies n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

20

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?

Hospital based module, assessment feedback is provided by the hospital tutors. The Course Coordinator gives feedforward by providing suggestions and guidelines for the participant on how to complete the final assessment, and where relevant, drafts of this assessment may be submitted for review and feedback 3-4 weeks prior to final submission, at a time specified by the Course Coordinator. In terms of clinical practice, participants are given feedback by the clinical assessor, and if applicable, a personal Competency Development Plan (Higgins et al., 2010) is agreed to support and focus the participant improve performance in relevant clinical competency/competencies. Once the grade is published on UCD Gradebook, the participant may seek assessment feedback from the Course Coordinator to enhance future learning. This may take the form of verbal and/or written feedback.