NMHS42730

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and application of best practice professional knowledge, skills, and values in care of the child and family presenting with an acute injury or surgical emergency to PED - including initial assessment, critical analysis, clinical decision making and communication skills.
2. Apply defined relevant best practice essential skills and competencies in care of the acutely injured child in PED.
3. Be a knowledgeable and skilled member of the Trauma Team, including being a Team Leader.
4. Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the key principles in Spinal Care and Major Incident Management - including current local and national policy.
5. Demonstrate key skills underlying best practice assessment - in both primary & secondary survey/assessment.
6. Make evident a sense of professional awareness, commitment, responsibility, accountability, and effective interdisciplinary team working, in delivering optimum PED trauma care.

Indicative Module Content:

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Large group teaching is delivered lecture-style, as well as in small group to facilitate student engagement.
Students are supported by preceptors and clinical coordinators in the clinical settings in order to fulfill the clinical competencies required in this module.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Requirements:

Registration with An Bord Altranais as Registered Children's/Sick Children's or General Nurse;
Minimum of one years experience in emergency Nursing

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Equivalents:
Care of the Injured Child (NMHS40810), Child / Adolescent/Min/Maj/Inj (NURS40810)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

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?

Formative and summative feedback and guidance provided on an individual basis, throughout trimester

1. National Office of Clinical Audit (2021) Major Trauma Audit Paediatric Report 2014-2019. Available at: https://www.noca.ie/documents/major-trauma-audit-paediatric-report-2014-2019

2. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2016) Major trauma: assessment and initial management [NG39]. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng39/resources/majortrauma-assessment-and-initial-management-pdf-1837400761285

3. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2016) Major trauma: service delivery [NG40]. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng40/resources/major-trauma-service-deliverypdf-1837446110917

4. The Trauma Audit and Research Network (2019) Severe Injury in Children: January 2017-December 2018: England & Wales. Available at: https://www.tarn.ac.uk/content/downloads/3572/Severe%20Injury%20in%20Children%202017-2018.pdf

5. Kanani, A. N. and S. Hartshorn (2017). "NICE clinical guideline NG39: Major trauma: assessment and initial management." Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition 102(1): 20-23. [guideline review] Available at: https://ep.bmj.com/content/102/1/20.long

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