| CODE | NUR3336 | ||||||
| TITLE | Mental Health Nursing Clinical Practice 8 | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Each student will function as a team member of the unit/ward group with specific responsibilities for managing (under supervision of their mentor) the care for a group of 4 patients. All associated clinical and theoretical knowledge/skills will need to be demonstrated to achieve the necessary competencies of this studu-unit. This is the last practice study-unit and therefore the final opportunity before practical examination to be able to clarify skills and knowledge levels. Study-unit Aims: To provide the student with supervised clinical placement, for both skills development and theoretical application to practice and to allow the student the opportunity to manage a care group of four patients. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate the theoretical material from ancillary study-units to the clinical placements area; - Compare different clinical settings to establish how forms of mental health nursing varies across them; - Discuss the care management activities required to deliver care to a group of patients with a range of dependencies; - Describe how care is organised in different settings. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate the theoretical constructs from ancillary study-units to clinical practice activities; - Manage a care programme for a designated group of four patients throughout a shift period; - Work as a team member; - To successfully complete the mental health nursing competencies associated with the study-unit; - Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses assessment against their progress within the clinical area. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Gamble, C & Brennan, G. 2000 Working with serious mental illness: a manual for clinical practice. Bailliere Tindall & The Royal College of Nursing. London. - Stevenson, C. (Ed) 2003 Patient and person (European Edition). Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. - Barker, P. (Ed) 2009 Mental health nursing: the craft of caring (2nd Ed). Hodder Stoughton, London. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NUR2311 While TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NUR3337 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Placement | ||||||
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