NMHS33590 Acute Medical Nursing (SVUH)

Academic Year 2024/2025

This is a blended learning course, which incorporates both online learning units with associated practical workshops and simulated scenarios. It is designed to provide the participant with the required learning and practice opportunities to facilitate the development of nurses who are competent in all the domains of care required to provide safe, effective and holistic care to patients presenting to the AMU.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Structure a systematic holistic assessment of the patient’s needs based on best available evidence.
2. Prioritise and organise care based on need, acuity and recommended timeframes, within the protocols agreed with the MDT.
3. Organise patient related information and communicate this clearly in a structured, timely manner, as a part of the multidisciplinary team representing the patient’s best interest.
4. Integrate the required knowledge and necessary skills to safely care for patients presenting with a range of conditions in acute short stay medical units.
5. Arrange timely nurse facilitated discharge planning in collaboration with the MDT to ensure optimal patient flow and a quality service for patients and their families.
6. Appraise and evaluate patient response to interventions and progress towards expected outcomes, reflect on practice, and implement appropriate changes to care in collaboration with the MDT.

Indicative Module Content:

Evidence-based nursing assessment and management of patients presenting to the AMU.

Psychosocial support for patients and carers as appropriate.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

24
Specified Learning Activities

94
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Online Learning

72
Total

250
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Online learning, clinical skills workshops, clinical competencies, poster presentations, feedforward, feedback. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Must be Registered General Nurses with NMBI
 Must be employed at St. Vincent’s University Hospital
 Muse be working in the AMU for the duration of the course
 Must have access to a personal computer or laptop
 Must have basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

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?

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.