NUR-40095 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will `build uponż your previous healthcare related experiences and prepare you for your role as a graduate entry level student nurse. You will critically appraise, evidence-based theory focussing on public health and health promotion. This module will enable you to consider how individuals, families and community health may be influenced by the determinants of health, and health inequality and how these influences may affect the health and wellbeing of the people you will be caring for within your field of nursing.

To build upon your graduate entry nursing health care experience related knowledge and skills. To develop a person-centred, critical awareness of current philosophical, theoretical, ethical, legal perspectives, parameters and new insights which are at the forefront of nursing practice for the health and well-being of people.
To provide an overview of prevention of ill-health and health promotion in relation to epidemiology, demography, genomics, global patterns of health and wellbeing outcomes and how these impact on life choices
Critically discuss the role of the nurse in promoting health and wellness

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically analyse a range of current concepts relating to nursing people towards health and well-being and demonstrate safe essential person-centred care for people who are unable to meet their own health needs.
: 2
Critically discuss how nurses can support people across the lifespan to make informed choices about their health and provide information in an accessible way, in line with current legislation and policy.: 2
Critically evaluate the philosophical, theoretical, ethical, and legal perspectives and parameters that influence nursing for health and well-being.: 1
Critically evaluate current research, guidelines and policies, of service provision and support networks relevant to the needs of individuals, families and groups.: 2
Draw on a range of critically appraised evidence based approaches used to communicate, engage and work effectively with individuals,groups and communities in order to promote health and well-being.
: 1
Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that may lead to health inequalities, including social influences and the wider determinants of health, and apply these to their own field of nursing.
: 2
Analyse the importance of early years, childhood experiences and the evidence-base for immunisation, related to the impact on life choices, mental, physical and behavioural health and wellbeing.
: 1

Study hours

Breakdown of active learning hours-
In situ- 24hrs (Scheduled activities such as lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, assessment preparation)
Structured engagement with online resources- 12hrs (Guided independent study including preparation for scheduled sessions, follow up work)
Collaborative activity online (Groupwork)-12hrs
Breakdown of independent study hours-
252 hrs (Wider reading, revision, assessment preparation)
Due to the dynamic nature of nursing programmes, the above breakdown may be subject to alteration.

School Rules

Students need to have successfully completed RPL for part 1 of the MSc nursing programme before commencing this module.

Description of Module Assessment