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| Programme title: | Managing Physical Health Needs in the Surgical Patient |
| Apply: | direct to the University via the NHS Business Unit |
| Start (pt): | September |
| Mode: | part-time |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Location: | Luton campus and Partner Institutions |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health & Social Sciences |
This unit concentrates on the assessment, identification of risks and subsequent management of the physical health needs of the person undergoing surgery. The unit will enhance your surgical care skills in line with changing demands of health care requirements e.g. NHS Plan, Infection prevention and control, NPSA and local requirements. With support from your manager and lecturers you will develop the skills already stated in the assessment criteria and identify two further skills specific to your clinical care that can be further developed so that you can provide expert care to patients. These transferable skills across a range of surgical care settings will enhance your career progression.
In the light of changing service delivery (ever reducing length of stay, increasing older people undergoing surgery and separating elective and trauma surgery) the module will enable staff to develop to meet the changing agendas and transferable workforce needs.
The aim of the module is to develop further your assessment, risk management and clinical judgement skills and to challenge current practice through research, evidence and examples of good practice nationally and internationally to improve the experiences of the patient journey through surgical interventions.
Your learning will be supported through a student centred work based learning approach. The unit is evidence based and related to current local and national agendas. There will be opportunities for you to engage in a variety of learning experiences.
Essential:
Manley, K. and Bellman, L. (2000) Surgical Nursing: Advancing Practice Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone
Background:
Foss M. and Farine T. (2007) Science and Nursing in health care 2nd Ed. Harlow, Pearson Education
Department of Health (2001) Building a safer NHS for patients: implementing an organisation with a memory. London: The Stationary Office
Dimond B. (2005) Legal aspects of nursing (4th Ed.) Harlow Longman
Gould D and Brooker C. (2004) Applied microbiology for nurses. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Hamer S. and Collinson G. (Eds.) (2005) Achieving evidence based practice: a handbook for practitioners (2nd Ed.) London: Bailliere Tindall
Watson J. and Walsh M.(2002) Watson`s clinical nursing and related sciences (6th Ed.) London Bailliere Tindall
Available to all health care professionals currently working or placed within a practice environment related to this unit.
Contact NHS Business Unit for fees.
See Unit Delivery Schedule below for dates.
For further information about this unit, please contact Sue Hardy:
T: 01582 743809
E: sue.hardy@beds.ac.uk
How to apply:
Please contact the NHS Business Unit or download an application form from the website.
E: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743048
F: 01582 743704
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