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Semester 2

Nursing people with complex needs: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 3 (NUST10053)

Subject

Nursing Studies

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Although this course does not have any pre-requisites, it is designed for students who have studied two full years of Nursing Studies or other directly related subject areas beforehand. If you have not studied a relevant subject area to that level, it is your responsibility to ensure the course is an appropriate level for you during the first week of teaching, and you must drop this course (before the Course Change Deadline) if you do not have the required background knowledge/skills. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This course is a core course in year 3 of the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours (Adult) programme at level 10. The course aims to develop student understanding of complexity in healthcare, considering complex health needs across the lifespan. Through exploration of a series of complex health situations, students will be introduced to the challenges of co-morbidity and transition through and between healthcare systems. The role of the nurse in assessment and support of complex healthcare needs will be explicitly considered within the context of interdisciplinary teamworking.

Course Description

Academic Description: This course is a core course in year 3 of the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours (Adult) programme at level 10. The course aims to develop student understanding of complexity in healthcare, considering complex health needs across the lifespan. Through exploration of a series of complex health situations, students will be introduced to the challenges of co-morbidity and transition through and between healthcare systems. The role of the nurse in assessment and support of complex healthcare needs will be explicitly considered within the context of interdisciplinary teamworking. Students will engage with issues relating to pharmacological treatment and medicines management for people with complex needs, including legal aspects. This course builds on learning in the life sciences and brings this knowledge together with learning around professional roles within the wider healthcare context. Transitions between healthcare services and between different phases of health/ill health will be considered within the context of lifespan. **Outline Content: Content is expected to draw from complex healthcare experiences across the lifespan. Examples of material include; autistic spectrum disorders, childhood malignancy, learning disability, sensory impairment, moving between child and adult services, long term conditions, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson's Disease, kidney disease, thrombophilia & haematological disorders, dementia, ageing, frailty, comprehensive geriatric assessment. **Student Learning Experience: The course will be delivered in 8 classroom based teaching sessions and 2 seminar sessions. The classroom based sessions will include some lecture content, group work, facilitated discussion and engagement with digital resources. This variety of approaches aims to support a range of learning styles. Students are also expected to spend time reading supporting material and literature to enhance understanding. Online reading lists will be used to facilitate student engagement with the literature. Seminar sessions will offer an opportunity to engage with specialists in particular conditions and healthcare approaches. This is intended to permit multidisciplinary engagement and provide opportunity for students to questions those with expertise in particular areas of care. NHS partners and colleagues from within the wider University will contribute to teaching in particular areas. Group work will enable to students to explore topics in depth and to present critical explorations of relevant topics. **The formative assessment feedback sessions will take place within a teaching session. Summative assessment presentations (30%) will take place in a specifically scheduled session of 3 hours. The presentation specifically is focused on LO4 but will include learning from across the course. All 4 learning outcomes will be assessed through a 'seen' exam allowing students to engage more deeply with topics which are of interest to them and explore literature in order to fully address the learning outcomes. The seen exam format allows students to work in exam conditions, within the examination period, reducing the demand of course work mid-semester and while on placement. The pre-prepared format encourages deeper engagement with the literature than a traditional examination format and is appropriate to the nature of this multifaceted material.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 70%, Coursework 30%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a Nursing exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two Nursing courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a third course from this subject area will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the January Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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