Urgent, Unscheduled, and Critical Care in Children's Nursing

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of children and young people accessing urgent, unscheduled and critical care
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of current approaches to decision making in the care of children and young people needing urgent, unscheduled and critical care.
• Critically analyse and evaluate the children’s nurses role, alongside the different multi-disciplinary roles and the importance of teamwork involved in delivering urgent, unscheduled, and critical care.
• Explore the various settings where urgent, unscheduled, and critical care takes place and consider the holistic needs of children and young people accessing these services.
• Apply an in-depth and systematic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology to the approaches used to care for children and young people who are acutely and critically unwell

Urgent Treatment Centers: In this first theme, students will gain an in depth and applied knowledge and understanding of the various approaches that are used to care for children and young people presenting to urgent treatment centers with a range of common presentations. Students will be able to demonstrate systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. This will involve assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of children and young people accessing these services. This will include those presenting with minor injuries such as sprains, fractures, lacerations, foreign bodies (such as those in the ear or nose or splinters), and other minor infections or illnesses. Students will also consider working with families/carers in an empathetic and sensitive way developing an understanding of the impact urgent care of children and young people can have on the whole family. Paediatric Emergency Department: In this second theme, students will gain an in depth and applied knowledge and understanding of the various approaches that are used to care for children and young people who present to the Paediatric Emergency Department with a range of common presentations. Students will demonstrate systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. This will involve developing an understanding of the importance of triage in assessing children and young people and prioritising care, Students will also explore assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of those referred to those presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department. Students will consider children and young people who have attended as a result of injury including major trauma, or due to acute medical or surgical complaints, such as infections, respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological issues etc., that may require further acute care management as an inpatient or in the community. Students will also consider working with families/carers in an empathetic and sensitive way, developing an understanding of the impact emergency care of children and young people can have on the whole family. Paediatric Assessment Units: In this third theme, students will gain an in depth and applied knowledge and understanding of the various approaches that are used to care for those referred to Paediatric Assessment Units with a range of common presentations. This will enable students to demonstrate systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. Students will explore the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of children and young people referred to these services via the community, or through the Paediatric Emergency Department. This will include children and young people presenting with acute medical or surgical complaints, such as infections, respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological issues etc., that may require further acute care management as an inpatient or in the community. Students will also consider working with families/carers in an empathetic and sensitive way developing an understanding of the impact unscheduled care of children and young people can have on the whole family. Critical care: In this theme, students will gain an in depth and applied knowledge and understanding of caring fr children and young people who require critical care, and through this, demonstrate systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. Students will explore the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of those requiring critical care. Students will also consider working with families/carers in an empathetic and sensitive way developing an understanding of the impact critical care of children and young people can have on the whole family. Team Working: In this final theme, students will have the opportunity to pull together the knowledge from across the module, specifically in relation to managing children, young people and their families in in urgent, unscheduled, and critical care settings. Students will consider the role of the nurse, specialist nursing teams and the wider multidisciplinary team who support children and young people in urgent, unscheduled and critical care. Students will also be introduced to the role of teamwork in the management of children and young people and the impact of this on decision making, standardised communication and escalation techniques, by exploring a range of case studies and opportunities to practice in simulation.

This module will be taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches including: • Lectures • Seminars • Guided independent study

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Essay

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.