Primary Care and Community Children's Nursing

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of current approaches to decision making in the care of children, young people and their families when needing primary or community care.
• Apply an in-depth and systematic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology to the approaches used to care for children and young people accessing primary care or being cared for in the community.
• Critically analyse and evaluate the children's nurse's role, alongside the different multi-disciplinary roles and the importance of teamwork involved in delivering primary and community care.
• Explore the various settings where primary and community care takes place and consider the holistic needs of children, young people and their families when accessing these services.
• Demonstrate competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of children and young people accessing primary care, or being cared for in the community.

Community Children’s Nursing: In this first theme, you will gain an in depth and applied knowledge and understanding of the various approaches that are used to care for those being supported by community children’s nursing teams, range of common presentations and care needs, and through this, demonstrate a systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. This will involve demonstrating competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of children, young people and their families who are being supported by the community children’s teams. Primary Care Nursing: 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 those accessing primary care, such as GP surgeries, and through this, demonstrate a systematic knowledge of underlying aetiology of these presenting complaints. This will involve demonstrating competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of children, young people and their families who are being supported by the primary care teams. This will include children and young people who require care for both acute and long-term illness management, wound dressings, vaccinations and medicines management. Children's Home Acute Teams (CHAT) / Hospital at Home Teams: In this theme students will gain an in-depth understanding of the Children’s Home Acute Team / Hospital at Home Teams who consist of experienced children’s nurses who provide assessment and support to children and young people and their families at home to enable them to be cared for whilst they are unwell. During this module students will explore and develop knowledge and skills in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of those being supported by the CHAT teams. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the role of the teams in reducing unnecessary visits and admission to hospital for children, young people and families. They will explore the benefits to children and young people and consider risk management and safety netting to ensure evidence based quality and safe care. 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 primary and community settings. Students will consider the role of the nurse, specialist nursing teams and the wider multidisciplinary team who support children and young people in the community setting. 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.